On a new normalization for tractor covariant derivatives
On a new normalization for tractor covariant derivatives
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关于拖拉机协变导数的新归一化
DOI:
10.4171/jems/349
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
J. Šilhán
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作者:
M. Hammerl;P. Somberg;V. Souček;J. Šilhán
A regular normal parabolic geometry of type G/P on a manifold M
gives rise to sequences $D_i$ of invariant differential
operators, known as the curved version of the BGG resolution.
These sequences are constructed from the normal covariant
derivative $\nabla^\omega$ on the corresponding tractor bundle
V, where $\omega$ is the normal Cartan connection. The first
operator $D_0$ in the sequence is overdetermined and it is well
known that $\nabla^\omega$ yields the prolongation of this
operator in the homogeneous case M = G/P. Our first main result
is the curved version of such a prolongation. This requires a
new normalization of the tractor covariant derivative on V.
Moreover, we obtain an analogue for higher operators $D_i$. In
that case one needs to modify the exterior covariant derivative
$d^{\nabla^\omega}$ by differential terms. Finally we
illustrate these results with simple examples in projective,
conformal and Grassmannian geometry. Our approach is based on
standard BGG techniques.