Spin(9) and almost complex structures on 16-dimensional manifolds

DOI10.1007/s10455-011-9285-xzbMath1258.53047arXiv1105.5318OpenAlexW2054162377MaRDI QIDQ664371

Maurizio Parton, Paolo Piccinni

Publication date: 1 March 2012

Published in: Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.5318

zbMATH Keywords

Spin(7)octonionsSpin(9)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyper-Kähler and quaternionic Kähler geometry, ``special geometry (53C26) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) (G)-structures (53C10)

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