A geometric splitting theorem for actions of semisimple Lie groups

DOI10.1007/S12188-021-00242-2MaRDI QIDQ2058447zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors José Rosales-Ortega

Publication date 9 December 2021

Published in Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s12188-021-00242-2

zbMATH Keywords

bi-invariant metricpseudo-Riemanniansemisimple Lie grouptopologically transitive action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Review text

Let \(M\) be a compact, connected, smooth pseudo-Riemannian manifold that admits a topologically transitive \(G\)-action by isometries. Here \(G\) is a semisimple Lie group \(G=G_{1}\cdots G_{l}\) without compact factors. Let \(m_{0}\), \(n_{0}\) and \(n_{0}^{i}\) be the dimensions of the maximal light-like subspaces tangent to \(M\), \(G\) and \(G_{i}\), respectively. In this paper, the author studies \(G\)-actions on \(M\) that satisfy the condition \(m_{0}=n_{0}^{1}+ \cdots + n_{0}^{l}\). Under this assumption, the restriction of the pseudo-Riemannian metric to the \(G\)-orbits is non-degenerate and it is thus possible to define a normal bundle to the orbits, which turns out to be integrable. Let \(L\) be a leaf tangent to the normal bundle. Then the main theorem of the paper asserts that \(M\) is isometrically covered by \(\tilde{G}\times \tilde{L}\), where the metric on \(\tilde{G}\times \tilde{L}\) can be written explicitly in terms of the Killing forms on \(G_{i}\) and the restriction of the ambient pseudo-Riemannian metric to the leaf \(L\).

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