Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2008-08-23
Math. Res. Lett. 16 (2009), no. 4, 735--752.
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
v. 4.0, 21 pages, reference added and typos corrected
Scientific paper
A manifold (M,I,J,K) is called hypercomplex if I,J,K are complex structures satisfying quaternionic relations. A quaternionic Hermitian metric is called HKT (hyperkaehler with torsion) if $Id\omega_I = Jd \omega_J=Kd\omega_K$, where $\omega_I,\omega_J, \omega_K$ are Hermitian forms associated with I, J, K. A Hermitian metric $\omega$ on a complex manifold is called balanced if $d^*\omega=0$. We show that balanced HKT metrics are precisely the quaternionic Calabi-Yau metrics defined in terms of the quaternionic Monge-Ampere equation. In particular, a balanced HKT-metric is unique in its cohomology class, and it always exists if the quaternionic Calabi-Yau theorem is true. We investigate the cohomological properties of strong HKT metrics (the quaternionic Hermitian metrics, satisfying, in addition to the HKT condition, the relation $dd^c \omega=0$), and show that the space of strong HKT metrics is finite-dimensional. Using Howe's duality for representations of Sp(n), we prove a hyperkaehler version of Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations. We use it to show that a manifold admitting a balanced HKT-metric never admits a strong HKT-metric, if $\dim_\R M \geq 12$.
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