Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2010-11-08
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
23 pages. This preprint is a large extension of the preprint "Vanishing theorems for associative submanifolds"
Scientific paper
Let $M^7$ be a smooth manifold equipped with a $G_2$-structure $\phi$, and $Y^3$ be an closed compact $\phi$-associative submanifold. In \cite{McL}, R. McLean proved that the moduli space $\bm_{Y,\phi}$ of the $\phi$-associative deformations of $Y$ has vanishing virtual dimension. In this paper, we perturb $\phi$ into a $G_2$-structure $\psi$ in order to ensure the smoothness of $\bm_{Y,\psi}$ near $Y$. If $Y$ is allowed to have a boundary moving in a fixed coassociative submanifold $X$, it was proved in \cite{GaWi} that the moduli space $\bm_{Y,X}$ of the associative deformations of $Y$ with boundary in $X$ has finite virtual dimension. We show here that a generic perturbation of the boundary condition $X$ into $X'$ gives the smoothness of $\bm_{Y,X'}$. In another direction, we use the Bochner technique to prove a vanishing theorem that forces $\bm_Y$ or $\bm_{Y,X}$ to be smooth near $Y$. For every case, some explicit families of examples will be given.
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