On geodesic graphs of Riemannian g. o. spaces (Q1125397)

In the present paper, the authors study homogeneous Riemannian manifolds \(G/H\) which are g.o.~spaces, i.e., such that every geodesic is an orbit of a one-parameter group of isometries. Recall that any Riemannian homogeneous space \(G/H\) is reductive, i.e., if \({\mathfrak g}\) and \({\mathfrak h}\) denote the Lie algebras respectively of \(G\) and \(H\), \(\mathfrak g\) is a direct sum of \({\mathfrak h}\) and an Ad(\(H\))-invariant complement \({\mathfrak m}\). If there is a reductive decomposition such that every geodesic in \(G/H\) starting at \(p\) is an orbit of a one-parameter group \(\exp(tX)\), where \(X \in {\mathfrak m}\), \(G/H\) is called naturally reductive and it is a g.o.~space. The first counterexample of a g.o. space which is in no way naturally reductive is given in [\textit{A. Kaplan}, Bull. London Math. Soc. 15, 35-42 (1983; Zbl 0521.53048)]. One of the basic techniques for studying g.o.~spaces was given in [\textit{J. Szenthe}, Acta Sci. Math. 38, 383-398 (1976; Zbl 0332.53021)]. One can canonically define at least one Ad(\(H\))-equivariant map (a geodesic graph) \(\xi\colon {\mathfrak m}\to {\mathfrak h}\) such that the integral curves of the vectors \(X+\xi(X)\), \(X\in{\mathfrak m}\), are geodesics. J. Szenthe showed that either this map is linear, in which case the homogeneous space is naturally reductive, or else it is non-differentiable at the origin. The authors analyze the structure of this map, giving many examples and open problems.