{"title":"Closed \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 G\u0000 2\u0000 \u0000 $G_2$\u0000 -structures with negative Ricci curvature","authors":"Alec Payne","doi":"10.1112/blms.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We study existence problems for closed <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$G_2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-structures with negative Ricci curvature, and we prove the <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$G_2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-Goldberg conjecture for noncompact manifolds. We first show that no closed manifold admits a closed <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$G_2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-structure with negative Ricci curvature. In the noncompact setting, we show that no complete manifold admits a closed <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$G_2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-structure with Ricci curvature pinched sufficiently close to a negative constant. As a consequence, an Einstein closed <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$G_2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-structure on a complete manifold must be torsion-free. In addition, when the Einstein metric is incomplete, we find restrictions on lengths of geodesics.</p>","PeriodicalId":55298,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society","volume":"57 4","pages":"1270-1284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}