Isometry group of Lorentz manifolds: a coarse perspective

DOI10.1007/S00039-021-00585-1MaRDI QIDQ2126276zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Charles Frances

Publication date 19 April 2022

Published in Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09213

zbMATH Keywords

compact Lorentz manifoldconstant sectional curvatureisometry grouprigid geometric structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) (G)-structures (53C10) Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: We prove a structure theorem for the isometry group Iso(M, g) of a compact Lorentz manifold, under the assumption that a closed subgroup has exponential growth. We don't assume anything about the identity component of Iso(M, g), so that our results apply for discrete isometry groups. We infer a full classification of lattices that can act isometrically on compact Lorentz manifolds. Moreover, without any growth hypothesis, we prove a Tits alternative for discrete subgroups of Iso(M, g).

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