Involutions of compact Riemannian 4-symmetric spaces (Q953933)

A homogeneous space \((G/H,\langle,\rangle)\), where \(G\) is a Lie group, \(H\) a compact subgroup of \(G\) and \(\langle,\rangle\) a \(G\)-invariant Riemannian metric, is called a Riemannian \(k\)-symmetric space if there exists an automorphism \(\sigma\) on \(G\) such that \(G_o^{\sigma}\subset H\subset G^{\sigma}\), where \(G^{\sigma}\) and \(G_o^{\sigma}\) is the set of fixed points of \(\sigma\) and its identity component, respectively; \(\sigma^k=Id\) and \(\sigma^l\neq Id\) for any \(l<k\); the transformation of \(G/H\) induced by \(\sigma\) is an isometry. Such a space is denoted by \((G/H,\langle,\rangle,\sigma)\). Riemannian \(3\)-symmetric spaces were classified in [\textit{A. Gray}, J. Differ. Geom. 7, 343--369 (1972; Zbl 0275.53026)] and compact Riemannian \(4\)-symmetric spaces in [\textit{J. A. Jiménez}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 306, 715--734 (1988; Zbl 0647.53039)]. Then classification results were obtained for the involutions of a compact Riemannian \(3\)-symmetric in [\textit{K. Tojo}, Tohoku Math. J. 53, 131--143 (2001; Zbl 1026.53030) and J. Math. Soc. Japan 58, 17--53 (2006; Zbl 1097.53039)]. In this paper the authors consider the compact, irreducible Riemannian \(4\)-symmetric spaces \((G/H,\langle,\rangle,\sigma)\) such that the dimension of the centre of \(H\) is \(0\), or \(H\) is a centralizator of a toral subgroup of \(G\), and then they give all involutions \(\tau\) of such a space, with the property that \(\tau(H)=H\). Finally, they find the conjugations between these involutions and use them in order to obtain the classification of all equivalence classes of involutions preserving \(H\).