Submaximal metric projective and metric affine structures

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2013.10.005MaRDI QIDQ2636735zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Boris Kruglikov, Vladimir S. Matveev

Publication date 31 January 2014

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.4426

zbMATH Keywords

affine symmetriesmetric connectionsprojective symmetriespseudo-Riemannian metricssubmaximal dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear and affine connections (53B05) Projective connections (53B10)

Abstract: We prove that the next possible dimension after the maximal $n^2+2n$ for the Lie algebra of local projective symmetries of a metric on a manifold of dimension $n>1$ is $n^2-3n+5$ if the signature is Riemannian or $n=2$, $n^2-3n+6$ if the signature is Lorentzian and $n>2$, and $n^2-3n+8$ elsewise. We also prove that the Lie algebra of local affine symmetries of a metric has the same submaximal dimensions (after the maximal $n^2+n$) unless the signature is Riemannian and $n=3,4$, in which case the submaximal dimension is $n^2-3n+6$.

Review text

Consider a linear torsion-free connection \(\Gamma\) on a smooth connected manifold \(M\) of dimension \(n\). A vector field \(v\) is called a projective symmetry, if its local flow sends geodesics to geodesics. A vector field \(v\) is called an affine symmetry, if its local flow preserves \(\Gamma\). The authors prove that the next possible dimension after the maximal \(n^2+2n\) for the Lie algebra of local projective symmetries of a metric on a manifold of dimension \(n>1\) is \(n^2-3n+5\) if the signature is Riemannian or \(n=2\), \(n^2-3n+6\) if the signature is Lorentzian and \(n>2\), and \(n^2-3n+8\) elsewise. They also prove that the Lie algebra of local affine symmetries of a metric has the same submaximal dimensions (after the maximal \(n^2+n\)) unless the signature is Riemannian and \(n=3,4\), in which case the submaximal dimension is \(n^2-3n+6\).

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