Weak Spin(9)-structures on 16-dimensional Riemannian manifolds

DOI10.4310/AJM.2001.V5.N1.A9zbMATH Open1021.53028arXivmath/9912112WikidataQ115206278 ScholiaQ115206278MaRDI QIDQ700490FDOQ700490

Authors: Thomas Friedrich 

Publication date: 22 October 2002

Published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The aim of the present paper is the investigation of $Spin(9)$-structures on 16-dimensional manifolds from the point of view of topology as well as holonomy theory. First we construct several examples. Then we study the necessary topological conditions resulting from the existence of a $Spin(9)$-reduction of the frame bundle of a 16-dimensional compact manifold (Stiefel-Whitney and Pontrjagin classes). We compute the homotopy groups $p{i}_i(X^{84})$ of the space $X^{84}=SO(16)/Spin(9)$ for $ile14$. Next we introduce different geometric types of $Spin(9)$-structures and derive the corresponding differential equation for the unique self-dual 8-form $Omeg{a}^8$ assigned to any type of $Spin(9)$-structure. Finally we construct the twistor space of a 16-dimensional manifold with $Spin(9)$-structure and study the integrability conditions for its universal almost complex structure as well as the structure of the holomorphic normal bundle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9912112

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zbMATH Keywords

twistor spacesholonomy of Riemannian manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(G)-structures (53C10) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28)

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