Conformally flat pencils of metrics, Frobenius structures and a modified Saito construction

David, L. and Strachan, I.A.B. (2006) Conformally flat pencils of metrics, Frobenius structures and a modified Saito construction. Journal of Geometry and Physics, 56(9), pp. 1561-1575. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.08.003)

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Abstract

The structure of a Frobenius manifold encodes the geometry associated with a flat pencil of metrics. However, as shown in the authors’ earlier work [L. David, I.A.B. Strachan, Compatible metrics on manifolds and non-local bi-Hamiltoninan structures, Int. Math. Res. Notices 66 (2004) 3533–3557], much of the structure comes from the compatibility property of the pencil rather than from the flatness of the pencil itself. In this paper conformally flat pencils of metrics are studied and examples, based on a modification of the Saito construction, are developed.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Strachan, Professor Ian
Authors: David, L., and Strachan, I.A.B.
Subjects:Q Science > QA Mathematics
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Mathematics
Journal Name:Journal of Geometry and Physics
ISSN:0393-0440
Published Online:29 September 2005

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