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| Format: | Preprint |
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2026
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| Online-Zugang: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15966 |
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- We define the category of $G_2$-structures over a Riemannian 7-manifold $M$ and present an isomorphism between this category and a full subcategory of the category of octonion algebras over the ring of smooth real-valued functions $C^\infty(M)$ of the same manifold $M$. A classification of $G_2$-structures in the same metric class is shown to agree with a parametrisation of octonion algebras with isometric norm. A short study of the local structure of octonion algebras over $C^\infty(M)$ shows similarities to the theory of octonion algebras over $\mathbb{R}$. Thus, many of the results on real octonion algebras, and in general octonion algebras over rings, can be applied to $G_2$-structures viewed as octonion algebras, under the aforementioned isomorphism of categories.