Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition

Given a maximally non-integrable 2-distribution D on a 5-manifold M, it was discovered by P. Nurowski that one can naturally associate a conformal structure [g]D of signature (2,3) on M. We show that those conformal structures [g]D which come about by this construction are characterized by the exist...

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Опубліковано в: :Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Дата:2009
Автори: Hammerl, M., Sagerschnig, K.
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Опубліковано: Інститут математики НАН України 2009
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Цитувати:Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition / M. Hammerl, K. Sagerschnig // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2009. — Т. 5. — Бібліогр.: 41 назв. — англ.

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Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition / M. Hammerl, K. Sagerschnig // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2009. — Т. 5. — Бібліогр.: 41 назв. — англ.
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https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149138
Given a maximally non-integrable 2-distribution D on a 5-manifold M, it was discovered by P. Nurowski that one can naturally associate a conformal structure [g]D of signature (2,3) on M. We show that those conformal structures [g]D which come about by this construction are characterized by the existence of a normal conformal Killing 2-form which is locally decomposable and satisfies a genericity condition. We further show that every conformal Killing field of [g]D can be decomposed into a symmetry of D and an almost Einstein scale of [g]D.
This paper is a contribution to the Special Issue “Elie Cartan and Differential Geometry”. We cannot underestimate the value of discussions with Andreas Cap on various technical procedures used in this paper. The concept of orbit types of parallel tractors was introduced to the first author by Felipe Leitner, who moreover suggested to check for simplicity of the underlying 2-form. We thank the referees for their careful reading and various valuable suggestions for improvements. The first author was supported by the IK I008-N funded by the University of Vienna. The second author was supported by project P 19500-N13 of the “Fonds zur F¨orderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung” (FWF).
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
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title Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
spellingShingle Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
Hammerl, M.
Sagerschnig, K.
title_short Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
title_full Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
title_fullStr Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
title_full_unstemmed Conformal Structures Associated to Generic Rank 2 Distributions on 5-Manifolds – Characterization and Killing-Field Decomposition
title_sort conformal structures associated to generic rank 2 distributions on 5-manifolds – characterization and killing-field decomposition
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Sagerschnig, K.
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description Given a maximally non-integrable 2-distribution D on a 5-manifold M, it was discovered by P. Nurowski that one can naturally associate a conformal structure [g]D of signature (2,3) on M. We show that those conformal structures [g]D which come about by this construction are characterized by the existence of a normal conformal Killing 2-form which is locally decomposable and satisfies a genericity condition. We further show that every conformal Killing field of [g]D can be decomposed into a symmetry of D and an almost Einstein scale of [g]D.
issn 1815-0659
url https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149138
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