The CR Killing operator and Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand construction in CR geometry

2022/05/23 by Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Matsumoto, Yoshihiko
Mathematics · #Holomorphic and Operator Theory #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2205.11022

Abstract

We elaborate the tractor calculus for compatible almost CR structures (also known as strictly pseudoconvex partially integrable almost CR structures) on contact manifolds, and as an application, express the first BGG invariant differential operator D₀ explicitly in some cases, i.e., for some tractor connections. An interesting outcome is the fact that the "modified" adjoint tractor connection ∇ governing infinitesimal deformations of parabolic geometries generates what we call the CR Killing operator as its first BGG operator, and actually, it does not agree with the first BGG operator of the normal (unmodified) adjoint tractor connection. The relationship between the CR Killing operator and analysis of ACHE (asymptotically complex hyperbolic Einstein) metrics, or more specifically the CR obstruction tensor, is also discussed.

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