Centrioles in symmetric spaces (Q2843352)

Centrioles in a compact symmetric space are the connected components of the set of midpoints of all geodesic arcs joining a pair of poles, i.e. a pair of points with the same geodesic symmetry.NEWLINENEWLINECentrioles are connected components of fixed point sets of involutive isometries of the ambient space, in particular totally geodesic submanifolds (see [\textit{T. Nagano}, Tokyo J. Math. 11, No. 1, 57--79 (1988; Zbl 0655.53041)]). Furthermore, they are orbits of the identity component of the stabilizer of the poles in the transvection group (see [\textit{B.-Y. Chen}, A new approach to compact symmetric spaces and applications. A report on joint work with Professor T. Nagano. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1987; Zbl 0639.53056); \textit{A.-L. Mare} and \textit{P. Quast} [Doc. Math., J. DMV 17, 911--952 (2012; Zbl 1266.53054)]).NEWLINENEWLINEThe author classifies centrioles of an irreducible simply connected symmetric space of compact type in terms of its root system. There are four different types of centrioles. Centrioles of the first type (``s-centrioles'') are disjoint from the cut locus of the poles. The author gives examples of each type and proves that s-centrioles are maximal totally geodesic submanifolds.