Lorentzian manifolds with a conformal action of SL(2,R)

DOI10.4171/CMH/439zbMATH Open1393.53072arXiv1609.00358OpenAlexW2509050384MaRDI QIDQ1645346FDOQ1645346

Vincent Pecastaing

Publication date: 28 June 2018

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider conformal actions of simple Lie groups on compact Lorentzian manifolds. Mainly motivated by the Lorentzian version of a conjecture of Lichnerowicz, we establish the alternative: Either the group acts isometrically for some metric in the conformal class, or the manifold is conformally flat - that is, everywhere locally conformally diffeomorphic to Minkowski space-time. When the group is non-compact and not locally isomorphic to SO(1,n), n>1, we derive global conclusions, extending a theorem of Frances and Zeghib to some simple Lie groups of real-rank 1. This result is also a first step towards a classification of the conformal groups of compact Lorentz manifolds, analogous to a classification of their isometry groups due to Adams, Stuck and, independently, Zeghib at the end of the 1990's.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.00358

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zbMATH Keywords

dynamical systemsconformal geometryLorentzian geometryactions of Lie groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonuniformly hyperbolic systems (Lyapunov exponents, Pesin theory, etc.) (37D25) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Noncompact Lie groups of transformations (57S20)

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