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Title:
On families of special holonomy metrics defined by algebraic curvature conditions

Speaker:
Robert Bryant

Abstract:
There are various methods known now for constructing more-or-less explicit metrics with special holonomy; most of these rely on assumptions of symmetry and/or reduction. Another promising method for constructing special solutions is provided by the strategy of looking for metrics that satisfy algebraic curvature conditions. This method often leads to a study of structure equations that satisfy an overdetermined system of partial differential equations, sometimes involutive sometimes not, and the theory of exterior differential systems is particularly well-suited for analyzing these problems.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=2763

Workshop:
Simons- Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy Workshop