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The intrinsic torsion of almost quaternion-Hermitian manifolds

Francisco Martín Cabrera, Andrew Swann (2008)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

We study the intrinsic torsion of almost quaternion-Hermitian manifolds via the exterior algebra. In particular, we show how it is determined by particular three-forms formed from simple combinations of the exterior derivatives of the local Kähler forms. This gives a practical method to compute the intrinsic torsion and is applied in a number of examples. In addition we find simple characterisations of HKT and QKT geometries entirely in the exterior algebra and compute how the intrinsic torsion...

The Tanaka-Webster connection for almost 𝒮 -manifolds and Cartan geometry

Antonio Lotta, Anna Maria Pastore (2004)

Archivum Mathematicum

We prove that a CR-integrable almost 𝒮 -manifold admits a canonical linear connection, which is a natural generalization of the Tanaka–Webster connection of a pseudo-hermitian structure on a strongly pseudoconvex CR manifold of hypersurface type. Hence a CR-integrable almost 𝒮 -structure on a manifold is canonically interpreted as a reductive Cartan geometry, which is torsion free if and only if the almost 𝒮 -structure is normal. Contrary to the CR-codimension one case, we exhibit examples of non normal...

Toric Hermitian surfaces and almost Kähler structures

Włodzimierz Jelonek (2007)

Annales Polonici Mathematici

The aim of this paper is to investigate the class of compact Hermitian surfaces (M,g,J) admitting an action of the 2-torus T² by holomorphic isometries. We prove that if b₁(M) is even and (M,g,J) is locally conformally Kähler and χ(M) ≠ 0 then there exists an open and dense subset U ⊂ M such that ( U , g | U ) is conformally equivalent to a 4-manifold which is almost Kähler in both orientations. We also prove that the class of Calabi Ricci flat Kähler metrics related with the real Monge-Ampère equation is a...

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