Invariants of complex structures on nilmanifolds

Edwin Alejandro Rodríguez Valencia

Archivum Mathematicum (2015)

  • Volume: 051, Issue: 1, page 27-50
  • ISSN: 0044-8753

Abstract

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Let ( N , J ) be a simply connected 2 n -dimensional nilpotent Lie group endowed with an invariant complex structure. We define a left invariant Riemannian metric on N compatible with J to be minimal, if it minimizes the norm of the invariant part of the Ricci tensor among all compatible metrics with the same scalar curvature. In [7], J. Lauret proved that minimal metrics (if any) are unique up to isometry and scaling. This uniqueness allows us to distinguish two complex structures with Riemannian data, giving rise to a great deal of invariants. We show how to use a Riemannian invariant: the eigenvalues of the Ricci operator, polynomial invariants and discrete invariants to give an alternative proof of the pairwise non-isomorphism between the structures which have appeared in the classification of abelian complex structures on 6-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras given in [1]. We also present some continuous families in dimension 8.

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Rodríguez Valencia, Edwin Alejandro. "Invariants of complex structures on nilmanifolds." Archivum Mathematicum 051.1 (2015): 27-50. <http://eudml.org/doc/270053>.

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author = {Rodríguez Valencia, Edwin Alejandro},
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