Twistor theory of dancing paths

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2022.027MaRDI QIDQ2134572zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Maciej Dunajski

Publication date 3 May 2022

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04717

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zbMATH Keywords

causal structurespath geometrytwistor theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Twistor theory, double fibrations (complex-analytic aspects) (32L25) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

Abstract: Given a path geometry on a surface $mathcalU$, we construct a causal structure on a four-manifold which is the configuration space of non-incident pairs (point, path) on $mathcalU$. This causal structure corresponds to a conformal structure if and only if $mathcalU$ is a real projective plane, and the paths are lines. We give the example of the causal structure given by a symmetric sextic, which corresponds on an $mSL(2,mathbbR)$-invariant projective structure where the paths are ellipses of area $pi$ centred at the origin. We shall also discuss a causal structure on a seven-dimensional manifold corresponding to non-incident pairs (point, conic) on a projective plane.

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