In this thesis work is described that arose out of a study of harmonic Riemannian manifolds. A definition of harmonicity is given and from this it is shown how the Ledger conditions on the curvature of a harmonic manifold may be derived in principle and the first four are written down. The first three Ledger conditions are put into local co-ordinate form and simpler conditions are derived, the most important being the super-Einstein condition. The idea of the Schur property is also introduced. The mean-value work of Gray and Willmore is described and extended as far as the r(^8) term under some simplifying conditions. Finally there is an investigation of the extent to which the compact classical simple Lie groups with bi-invariant metrics can satisfy Ledger’s first three conditions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:253160 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Carpenter, Paul |
| Publisher | Durham University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/8067/ |
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