Constructing compact manifolds with exceptional holonomy

Details Constructing compact manifolds with exceptional holonomy Constructing compact manifolds with exceptional holonomy

2002-03-15

arxiv.org/abs/math/0203158v1

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Differential Geometry

17 pages. Lecture for Clay Institute School on Geometry and String Theory, Cambridge, March 2002

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The exceptional holonomy groups are G2 in 7 dimensions, and Spin(7) in 8 dimensions. Riemannian manifolds with these holonomy groups are Ricci-flat. This is a survey paper on constructions for compact 7- and 8-manifolds with holonomy G2 and Spin(7). The simplest such constructions work by using techniques from complex geometry and Calabi-Yau analysis to resolve the singularities of a torus orbifold T^7/G or T^8/G, for G a finite group preserving a flat G2 or Spin(7)-structure on T^7 or T^8. There are also more complicated constructions which begin with a Calabi-Yau manifold or orbifold. All the material in this paper is covered in much more detail in the author's book, "Compact manifolds with special holonomy", Oxford University Press, 2000.

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