On the existence of noncommutative Levi-Civita connections in derivation based calculi

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Autori principali: Arnlind, Joakim, Hildebrandsson, Victor
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author Arnlind, Joakim
Hildebrandsson, Victor
author_facet Arnlind, Joakim
Hildebrandsson, Victor
contents We study the existence of Levi-Civita connections, i.e torsion free connections compatible with a hermitian form, in the setting of derivation based noncommutative differential calculi over $\ast$-algebras. We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of Levi-Civita connections in terms of the image of an operator derived from the hermitian form. Moreover, we identify a necessary symmetry condition on the hermitian form that extends the classical notion of metric symmetry in Riemannian geometry. The theory is illustrated with explicit computations for free modules of rank three, including noncommutative 3-tori. We note that our approach is algebraic and does not rely on analytic tools such as $C^\ast$-algebra norms.
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spellingShingle On the existence of noncommutative Levi-Civita connections in derivation based calculi
Arnlind, Joakim
Hildebrandsson, Victor
Quantum Algebra
Mathematical Physics
46L87
We study the existence of Levi-Civita connections, i.e torsion free connections compatible with a hermitian form, in the setting of derivation based noncommutative differential calculi over $\ast$-algebras. We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of Levi-Civita connections in terms of the image of an operator derived from the hermitian form. Moreover, we identify a necessary symmetry condition on the hermitian form that extends the classical notion of metric symmetry in Riemannian geometry. The theory is illustrated with explicit computations for free modules of rank three, including noncommutative 3-tori. We note that our approach is algebraic and does not rely on analytic tools such as $C^\ast$-algebra norms.
title On the existence of noncommutative Levi-Civita connections in derivation based calculi
topic Quantum Algebra
Mathematical Physics
46L87
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13984