Left-invariant grauert tubes on SU(2)

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAY002zbMATH Open1452.32011arXiv1705.03359OpenAlexW2964175345MaRDI QIDQ4684301

Daniel Irvine, Vaqaas Aslam, Daniel Burns

Publication date: 28 September 2018

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let M be a real analytic Riemannian manifold. An adapted complex structure on TM is a complex structure on a neighborhood of the zero section such that the leaves of the Riemann foliation are complex submanifolds. This structure is called entire if it may be extended to the whole of TM. We call such manifolds Grauert tubes, or simply tubes. We consider here the case of M = G a compact connected Lie group with a left-invariant metric, and try to determine for which such metrics the associated tube is entire. It is well-known that the Grauert tube of a bi-invariant metric on a Lie group is entire. The case of the smallest group SU(2) is treated completely, thanks to the complete integrability of the geodesic flow for such a metric, a standard result in classical mechanics. Along the way we find a new obstruction to tubes being entire which is made visible by the complete integrability. (New reference and exposition shortened, 11/17/2017.)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.03359

zbMATH Keywords

Grauert tubeentire tubereal analytic Riemann manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kähler manifolds (32Q15) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Real-analytic manifolds, real-analytic spaces (32C05)

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