METRICS AND PAIRS OF LEFT AND RIGHT CONNECTIONS ON BIMODULES

摘要

Properties of metrics and pairs consisting of left and right connections are studied on the bimodules of differential 1-forms. Those bimodules are obtained from the derivation based calculus of an algebra of matrix valued functions, and an SL(q)(2,C)-covariant calculus of the quantum plane at a generic q and the cubic root of unity. It is shown that, in the aforementioned examples, giving up the middle-linearity of metrics significantly enlarges the space of metrics. A metric compatibility condition for the pairs of left and right connections is defined. Also, a compatibility condition between a left and right connection is discussed. Consequences entailed by reducing to the center of a bimodule the domain of those conditions are investigated in detail. Alternative ways of relating left and right connections are considered. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics. [References: 16]