Algebraic characterization of isometries of the hyperbolic 4-space (Q415754)
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Algebraic characterization of isometries of the hyperbolic 4-space (English)
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9 May 2012
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Summary: We classify isometries of the real hyperbolic 4-space by their conjugacy classes of centralizers. We use the representation of the isometries by \(2 \times 2\) quaternionic matrices to obtain this characterization. Another characterization in terms of conjugacy invariants is also given.
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isometries
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real hyperbolic 4-space
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conjugacy classes of centralizers
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quaternionic matrices
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conjugacy invariants
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