Parallel Forms, Co-Kähler Manifolds and their Models

Abstract

We show how certain topological properties of co-Kähler manifolds derive from those of the Kähler manifolds which construct them. In particular, we show that the existence of parallel forms on a co-Kähler manifold reduces the computation of cohomology from the de Rham complex to certain amenable sub-cdga's defined by geometrically natural operators derived from the co-Kähler structure. This provides a simpler proof of the formality of the foliation minimal model in this context.

Hereditary properties of co-Kähler manifolds

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