On infinitesimally \(k\)-flat homogeneous spaces (Q5952913)

Roughly speaking, the property ``\(k\)-flat homogeneous'' of a Riemannian manifold refers to an isometry group acting transitively on \(k\)-dimensional totally geodesic flat submanifolds. In addition every geodesic is assumed to be contained in a \(k\)-flat. In the paper the authors study an infinitesimal version of this property. Here it is assumed that at every point the property holds for \(k\)-dimensional subspaces of the tangent space where the curvature tensor vanishes. The isometries are replaced by linear isometries \(A\) satisfying \(R(AX,AY)AZ = AR(X,Y)Z\) for all entries \(X\), \(Y\), \(Z\). In particular, the authors characterize infinitesimally 1-flat homogeneous spaces and infinitesimally 2-flat homogeneous spaces among the cones over two-point homogeneous spaces.