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Twisted submanifolds of R^n
We propose a general procedure to construct noncommutative deformations of an
embedded submanifold of determined by a set of smooth
equations . We use the framework of Drinfel'd twist deformation of
differential geometry of [Aschieri et al., Class. Quantum Gravity 23 (2006),
1883]; the commutative pointwise product is replaced by a (generally
noncommutative) -product determined by a Drinfel'd twist. The twists we
employ are based on the Lie algebra of vector fields that are tangent
to all the submanifolds that are level sets of the ; the twisted Cartan
calculus is automatically equivariant under twisted tangent infinitesimal
diffeomorphisms. We can consistently project a connection from the twisted
to the twisted if the twist is based on a suitable Lie
subalgebra . If we endow with a metric
then twisting and projecting to the normal and tangent vector fields commute,
and we can project the Levi-Civita connection consistently to the twisted ,
provided the twist is based on the Lie subalgebra
of the Killing vector fields of the metric; a
twisted Gauss theorem follows, in particular. Twisted algebraic manifolds can
be characterized in terms of generators and polynomial relations. We present in
some detail twisted cylinders embedded in twisted Euclidean and
twisted hyperboloids embedded in twisted Minkowski [these are
twisted (anti-)de Sitter spaces ].Comment: Latex file, 48 pages, 1 figure. Slightly adapted version to the new
preprint arXiv:2005.03509, where the present framework is specialized to
quadrics and other algebraic submanifolds of R^n. Several typos correcte
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