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, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp 845–864 | Cite as

Spin(9) geometry of the octonionic Hopf fibration

  • Liviu OrneaEmail author
  • Maurizio Parton
  • Paolo Piccinni
  • Victor Vuletescu
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Abstract

We deal with Riemannian properties of the octonionic Hopf fibration S 15 → S 8, in terms of the structure given by its symmetry group Spin(9). In particular, we show that any vertical vector field has at least one zero, thus reproving the non-existence of S 1 subfibrations. We then discuss Spin(9)-structures from a conformal viewpoint and determine the structure of compact locally conformally parallel Spin(9)-manifolds. Eventually, we give a list of examples of locally conformally parallel Spin(9)-manifolds.

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Conformal Class Vectorial Type Vertical Vector Parallel Spin Vector Bundle Versus 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Liviu Ornea
    • 1
    • 2
    Email author
  • Maurizio Parton
    • 3
  • Paolo Piccinni
    • 4
  • Victor Vuletescu
    • 1
  1. 1.University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and InformaticsBucharestRomania
  2. 2.Institute of Mathematics “Simion Stoilow” of the Romanian AcademyBucharestRomania
  3. 3.Università di Chieti-Pescara, Dipartimento di EconomiaPescaraItaly
  4. 4.Dipartimento di MatematicaSapienza—Università di RomaRomaItaly

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