Immersions of cohomogeneity one Riemannian manifolds (Q1364381): Difference between revisions

A compact, connected Lie group \(G\) is said to act by cohomogeneity \(k\) on a Riemannian manifold if \(G\) acts effectively and isometrically with a principal orbit of codimension \(k\). In this situation the Riemannian manifold is said to be of cohomogeneity \(k\). This paper paper deals with compact cohomogeneity one Riemannian manifolds \(M^n\) with positive curvature. In this case \textit{C. Searle} [Math. Z. 214, 491-498 (1993; Zbl 0804.53057)] proved that if \(2 \leq n=\dim M\leq 6\), then \(M^n\) is diffeomorphic to either \(S^n\) or \(\mathbb{C} P^{n/2}\). The author considers the case that \(M^n\) is acted (isometrically and with cohomogeneity one) by a compact connected Lie group \(G\) whose principal orbits are isotropy irreducible. It is shown that the universal covering \(\widetilde M\) of \(M\) is acted by \(G\) and there is a \(G\)-equivariant isometric embedding \(\widetilde M \) into Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) realizing \(\widetilde M\) as a hypersurface of revolution.