The deformation theory of anti-self-dual conformal structures
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The deformation theory of anti-self-dual conformal structures
zbMATH Open document ID: 0765.58005
DOI: 10.1007/BF01934343
published in: Mathematische Annalen
publication date: 1993-01-12T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/165019
review text: Riemannian geometry in dimension 4 has some special features which are not present in any other dimension. In dimensions \(n\geq 5\) the group SO\((n)\) is simple, whereas SO\((4)\) is not simple. The bundle of 2-forms on an oriented 4-Riemannian manifold is decomposed into its self dual (SD) and anti-self-dual (ASD) parts under the action of the Hodge operator. For a real 4-dimensional Kähler manifold, the Bochner tensor is equal to the ASD part of the Weyl tensor. In the paper under review, the authors begin a systematic study of all solutions of the ASD equation on a given smooth closed 4-manifold. A theory of moduli spaces analogous to that of \textit{M. F. Atiyah}, \textit{N. J. Hitchin} and \textit{I. M. Singer} [Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 362, 425- 461 (1978; Zbl 0389.53011)] in the case of connections is developed. The relationship with scalar curvature is investigated. Deformations of \((M,G)\)-structures are considered and interesting examples are given. The moduli spaces of conformal structures can be used to obtain information about the differential topology of 4-manifolds, in the spirit of the Donaldson invariants.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58D27
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57N13
zbMATH DE Number: 86221
zbMATH Keywords: deformation theory
zbMATH Keywords: conformal structure
zbMATH Keywords: anti-self-dual part
zbMATH Keywords: moduli spaces
zbMATH Keywords: scalar curvature
author: A. D. King
author: D. Kotschick
reviewed by: Ion Mihai
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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