Exotic G2-manifolds

Diarmuid Crowley, Johannes Nordström

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Abstract

We exhibit the first examples of closed 7-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with holonomy G 2 that are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic. These are also the first examples of closed Ricci-flat manifolds that are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic. The examples are generated by applying the twisted connected sum construction to Fano 3-folds of Picard rank 1 and 2. The smooth structures are distinguished by the generalised Eells–Kuiper invariant introduced by the authors in a previous paper.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29–74
Number of pages46
JournalMathematische Annalen
Volume381
Issue number1-2
Early online date8 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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