Spin(7)-manifolds and calibrated geometry

<p>In this thesis we study Spin(7)-manifolds, that is Riemannian 8-manifolds with torsion-free Spin(7)-structures, and Cayley submanifolds of such manifolds. We use a construction of compact Spin(7)-manifolds from Calabi–Yau 4-orbifolds with antiholomorphic involutions, due to Joyce, to find n...

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Main Author: Clancy, R
Other Authors: Joyce, D
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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