Closed $G_2$-Structures with Negative Ricci Curvature

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author Payne, Alec
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contents We study existence problems for closed $G_2$-structures with negative Ricci curvature, and we prove the $G_2$-Goldberg conjecture for noncompact manifolds. We first show that no closed manifold admits a closed $G_2$-structure with negative Ricci curvature. In the noncompact setting, we show that no complete manifold admits a closed $G_2$-structure with Ricci curvature pinched sufficiently close to a negative constant. As a consequence, an Einstein closed $G_2$-structure on a complete manifold must be torsion-free. In addition, when the Einstein metric is incomplete, we find restrictions on lengths of geodesics.
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spellingShingle Closed $G_2$-Structures with Negative Ricci Curvature
Payne, Alec
Differential Geometry
53C25, 53C29, 53C20
We study existence problems for closed $G_2$-structures with negative Ricci curvature, and we prove the $G_2$-Goldberg conjecture for noncompact manifolds. We first show that no closed manifold admits a closed $G_2$-structure with negative Ricci curvature. In the noncompact setting, we show that no complete manifold admits a closed $G_2$-structure with Ricci curvature pinched sufficiently close to a negative constant. As a consequence, an Einstein closed $G_2$-structure on a complete manifold must be torsion-free. In addition, when the Einstein metric is incomplete, we find restrictions on lengths of geodesics.
title Closed $G_2$-Structures with Negative Ricci Curvature
topic Differential Geometry
53C25, 53C29, 53C20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19553