Induction of geometric actions

DOI10.1023/A:1013191613349MaRDI QIDQ5956147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Scot Adams

Publication date 31 July 2003

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1013191613349

zbMATH Keywords

inductionisometriesLorentz manifoldsorbit non proper actiontransformation group action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Transformation groups and semigroups (topological aspects) (54H15)

Review text

Let \(N\) be a closed normal subgroup of a Lie group \(G\), and let \(M\) be a manifold on which \(N\) acts smoothly. The author considers the process of induction (or suspension), i.e., the smooth action of \(G\) on the manifold \(G \times_N M:=(G\times M)/N\), and describes some situations in which a geometric structure is preserved. This implies, in combination whith some known rigidity results, certain rigidity statements concerning the full diffeomorphism group of a manifold, and also provides many examples of actions on Lorentz manifolds. By using this, he gets the full list of connected simply connected Lie groups admitting a locally faithful, orbit non proper action by isometries of a connected Lorentz manifold. Other complementary examples and related results are also discussed.

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