The virtual solvability of the fundamental group of a generalized Lorentz space form

DOI10.4310/jdg/1214445319zbMath0681.57027OpenAlexW1528376293WikidataQ115181914 ScholiaQ115181914MaRDI QIDQ1823518

George Tomanov

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214445319

zbMATH Keywords

virtually solvableLevi subgroupgroup of affine transformationsgroup of generalized Lorentz motionsproper discontinuous action on Euclidean spacereal algebraic subgroup of \(GL_ n({\mathbb R})\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups (20H15) Discontinuous groups of transformations (57S30)

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