Algebraic prolongation and rigidity of Carnot groups

DOI10.1007/S00605-009-0170-7MaRDI QIDQ629867zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alessandro Ottazzi, Ben Warhurst

Publication date 10 March 2011

Published in Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-009-0170-7

zbMATH Keywords

\(H\)-type group, \(J\)-type groupCarnot groupcontact mapsdifferential systemsfundamental graded algebraprolongations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nilpotent and solvable Lie groups (22E25) Lie algebras of Lie groups (22E60) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Pfaffian systems (58A17) Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05)

Review text

The article discusses known results on the rigidity of Carnot groups using Tanaka's prolongation theory [\textit{N. Tanaka}, J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 10, 1--82 (1970; Zbl 0206.50503)]. The Tanaka theory is applied to investigate the rigidity of an extended class of \(H\)-type groups, called \(J\)-type groups. A rigidity criterion is obtained, giving rise to a rigid class of \(J\)-type groups which includes the \(H\)-type groups, and thus extends the results of \textit{H. M. Reimann} [Math. Z. 237, No.~4, 697--725 (2001; Zbl 0982.22013)]. The authors also construct a non-complex \(J\)-type group, which is non-rigid and does not satisfy the rank 1 condition over the reals.

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