Decomposition theorems for triple spaces

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Abstract: A triple space is a homogeneous space G/H where G=G0imesG0imesG0 is a threefold product group and HsimeqG0 the diagonal subgroup of G. This paper concerns the geometry of the triple spaces with G0=SL(2,R), SL(2,C) or SOe(n,1) for nge2. We determine the abelian subgroups AsubsetG for which there is a polar decomposition G=KAH, and we determine for which minimal parabolic subgroups PsubsetG, the orbit PH is open in G/H.


Let \(G=G_0\times G_o \times G_0\) and \(H=\mathrm{diag}(G_0)\). The corresponding homogeneous space \(G/H\) is called a triple space. In this paper the authors are interested in the triple spaces with \(G_0=\mathrm{SL}(2, K)\), \(K=\mathbb R, \mathbb C\), or \(G_0=\mathrm{SO}_e(n,1)\), \(n=2,3, \hdots\). They show that these spaces admit a polar decomposition \(KAH\) where \(K\) is a maximal compact subgroup, \(A\subset G\) is abelian. They determine for which maximal split abelian subgroups \(A\) the decomposition is valid. It is concluded that there exist maximal split abelian subgroups \(A\) for which \(G= KAH\) and for which \(PH\) is open for all minimal parabolic subgroups \(P\) with \(A\subset P\).











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