Abstract
We prove that for a 7-dimensional manifold M with cylindrical ends the moduli space of exponentially asymptotically cylindrical torsion-free G2-structures is a smooth manifold (if non-empty), and study some of its local properties. We also show that the holonomy of the induced metric of an exponentially asymptotically cylindrical G2-manifold is exactly G2 if and only if the fundamental group π1(M) is finite and neither M nor any double cover of M is homeomorphic to a cylinder.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 311-348 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Journal | Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society |
| Volume | 145 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 19 May 2008 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2008 |