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Connectedness Of The Boundary In The AdS/CFT Correspondence

Abstract

Let M be a complete Einstein manifold of negative curvature, and assume that (as in the AdS/CFT correspondence) it has a Penrose compactification with a conformal boundary N of positive scalar curvature. We show that under these conditions, H_n(M;Z) = 0 and in particular N must be connected. These results resolve some puzzles concerning the AdS/CFT correspondence.

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© 2000 International Press. We thank A. Strominger for discussions. Research of E.W. has been supported in part by NSF Grant PHY-95-13835 and the Caltech Discovery Fund. Research of S.-T. Yau supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9803347 and DOE Grant FG02-88ER25065.

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28441
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CaltechAUTHORS:20111213-101913525

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NSF
PHY-95-13835
Caltech Discovery Fund
NSF
DMS-9803347
Department of Energy (DOE)
FG02-88ER25065

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2011-12-16
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