Isometric actions on spheres with an orbifold quotient

DOI10.1007/S00208-015-1304-YzbMATH Open1348.53042arXiv1407.5863OpenAlexW1910982330MaRDI QIDQ303589FDOQ303589

Alexander Lytchak, Claudio Gorodski

Publication date: 22 August 2016

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We classify representations of compact connected Lie groups whose induced action on the unit sphere has an orbit space isometric to a Riemannian orbifold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5863

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zbMATH Keywords

compact Lie groupirreducible representationisometric actionorbifold quotientpolar representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Reflection groups, reflection geometries (51F15) Variational aspects of group actions in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E40)

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