Hyperkähler Manifolds
Dominic Joyce
Abstract
Dominic Joyce
Abstract
Abstract In this chapter we study Riemannian 4m-manifolds (M, g) with holonomy Sp(m). Since Sp(m) is a subgroup of SU(2m), we see that g is Kähler and Ricci-flat, and such manifolds are closely related to the Calabi–Yau manifolds of Chapter 6.
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Abstract In this chapter we study Riemannian 4m-manifolds (M, g) with holonomy Sp(m). Since Sp(m) is a subgroup of SU(2m), we see that g is Kähler and Ricci-flat, and such manifolds are closely related to the Calabi–Yau manifolds of Chapter 6.
Key concepts: Holonomy, Hyperkähler manifold, Ricci-flat manifold, Pure mathematics, Manifold (fluid mechanics), Mathematics, Geometry, Scalar curvature