22 Conformal Rigidity
The \(G_2\) metric on \(K_7\) is completely determined by two constraints: \(G_2\) holonomy (kills 27 traceless deformations) and \(\det (g) = 65/32\) (fixes the remaining conformal modulus), leaving zero free parameters.
22.1 \(G_2\) Representation Decompositions
The symmetric 2-tensors decompose as conformal trace (\(1\)) plus traceless part (\(27 = \mathrm{dim}(J_3(\mathbb {O}))\)): \(28 = 1 + 27\).
The 2-forms decompose as standard (\(7\)) plus adjoint (\(14\)): \(21 = \mathrm{dim}(K_7) + \mathrm{dim}(G_2)\).
The endomorphism algebra uses all four fundamental \(G_2\) representations: \(49 = 1 + 7 + 14 + 27 = \mathrm{dim}(K_7)^2\).
The 3-forms decompose as \(C(7,3) = 35 = 1 + \mathrm{dim}(K_7) + \mathrm{dim}(J_3(\mathbb {O}))\). The singlet is the associative 3-form \(\varphi _0\); the \(27\) is the same representation as in \(\mathrm{Sym}^2_0(V_7)\).
22.2 Conformal Rigidity Theorem
The metric has \(28 - 27 - 1 = 0\) free parameters:
\(\mathrm{dim}(\mathrm{SPD}_7) = 28\) total metric DOF
\(G_2\) holonomy kills \(\mathrm{dim}(J_3(\mathbb {O})) = 27\) traceless directions
\(\det (g) = 65/32\) fixes the remaining conformal modulus
For the isotropic metric \(g = c^2 \cdot I_7\): \(\det (g) = c^{2 \times \mathrm{dim}(K_7)} = c^{\mathrm{dim}(G_2)}\). The holonomy dimension determines the conformal equation.
\(27 = 3^3\): the traceless symmetric space dimension equals the cube of the generation number.
22.3 Moduli Space Structure
The moduli gap \(77 - 21 = 56 = \mathrm{dim}(\mathrm{fund.}\; E_7) = \mathrm{rank}(E_8) \times \mathrm{dim}(K_7) = 8 \times 7\).
22.4 Master Certificate
All 9 conjuncts of the conformal rigidity certificate are proven.