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Julia Becker-Bender

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Twistorial eigenvalue estimates for generalized Dirac operators with torsion

We study the Dirac spectrum on compact Riemannian spin manifolds $M$ equipped with a metric connection $\nabla$ with skew torsion $T\inΞ›^3M$ by means of twistor theory. An optimal lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator with torsion is found that generalizes Friedrich's classical Riemannian estimate. We also determine a novel twistor and Killing equation with torsion and use it to discuss the case in which the minimum is attained in the bound.

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On the topology and the geometry of SO(3)-manifolds

Consider the nonstandard embedding of SO(3) into SO(5) given by the 5-dimensional irreducible representation of SO(3), henceforth called SO(3)_\ir. In this note, we study the topology and the differential geometry of 5-dimensional Riemannian manifolds carrying such an SO(3)_\ir structure, i.\,e. with a reduction of the frame bundle to SO(3)_\ir.

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