Groups of transformations of a G-structure which leave invariant a substructure (Q794034)

Throughout this paper our manifolds will be Hausdorff, infinitely differentiable, and second countable. We fix the following objects: an m- dimensional manifold M, two closed subgroups G, H of GL(m;R), with \(G\supset H\), and a G-structure p:\(A\to M\). Let \(\Sigma\) be a Lie group of transformations of A. We ask: Is there an H-structure \(B\subset A\) such that \(\Sigma\subset Aut(B)?\) If the answer is affirmative we say that \(\Sigma\) is inessential. Thus, inessential groups are groups of transformations of a substructure of A. In order to avoid trivial cases we will assume that there are H-structures contained in A. The aim of this paper is to impose conditions on M, G, H, A, and \(\Sigma\) so that \(\Sigma\) is inessential.