Classification of semisimple symmetric spaces with proper SL(2, R)-actions

DOI10.4310/JDG/1367438651MaRDI QIDQ351232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Takayuki Okuda

Publication date 11 July 2013

Published in Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.1177, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1367438651

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathrm{SL}(2,{\mathbb R})\)-actiondiscontinuous groupfundamental groupproper actionsemisimple symmetric spacessymmetric pair

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Discontinuous groups of transformations (57S30)

Abstract: We give a complete classification of irreducible symmetric spaces for which there exist proper SL(2,R)-actions as isometries, using the criterion for proper actions by T. Kobayashi [Math. Ann. '89] and combinatorial techniques of nilpotent orbits. In particular, we classify irreducible symmetric spaces that admit surface groups as discontinuous groups, combining this with Benoist's theorem [Ann. Math. '96].

Review text

The motivation behind this paper is to address a problem introduced in [\textit{T. Kobayashi}, ``Discontinuous groups for non-Riemannian homogeneous spaces, in: Mathematics unlimited -- 2001 and beyond. Berlin: Springer. 723--747 (2001; Zbl 1023.53031)] namely ``Fix a simply connected symmetric space \(\tilde{M}\) as a model space. What discrete groups can arise as the fundamental groups of complete affine manifolds \(M\) which are locally isomorphic to the space \(\tilde{M}\)? which can rephrased as ``Fix a symmetric pair \((G,H)\). What discrete groups does \(G/H\) admit as discontinuous groups?NEWLINENEWLINE It is known that if there exists a Lie group homorphism \(\Phi: \mathrm{SL}(2,{\mathbb R}) \mapsto G\) such that \(\mathrm{SL}(2,{\mathbb R})\) acts on \(G/H\) properly via \(\Phi\) then the space \(G/H\) admits an infinite discontinuous group. The author sets out to prove the converse when \(G/H\) is a semisimple symmetric space.NEWLINENEWLINEIndeed, he proves two main results. In the first one, for a connected linear semisimple Lie group \(G\), he provides four criteria (expanded to nine later in the text) that are equivalent for a symmetric pair \((G,H)\) to possess a Lie group homomorphism \(\Phi: \mathrm{SL}(2,{\mathbb R}) \mapsto G\) such that \(\mathrm{SL}(2,{\mathbb R})\) acts on \(G/H\) properly via \(\Phi\). In the second main result, he provides a complete list of pairs \((\mathfrak g,\mathfrak h)\) such that these equivalent conditions hold.NEWLINENEWLINEThe criterion found in [\textit{Y. Benoist}, Ann. Math. (2) 144, No. 2, 315--347 (1996; Zbl 0868.22013)] and the one found in the paper by Kobayashi cited above play an important role in the proofs.NEWLINENEWLINEThe mains results of this paper were announced in [\textit{T. Okuda}, Proc. Japan Acad., Ser. A 87, No. 3, 35--39 (2011; Zbl 1221.22020)] with sketches of proofs.

Recommendations

• Proper actions of \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb R)\) on semisimple symmetric spaces
• Homogeneous space with non-virtually abelian discontinuous groups but without any proper \(SL(2,\mathbb{R})\)-action
• Möbius action of \(\mathrm{SL}(2; \mathbb{R})\) on different homogeneous spaces
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5068928
• Connected subgroups of \(\mathrm{SO}(2,n)\) acting irreducibly on \(\mathbb R^{2,n}\)
• Proper actions on strongly regular homogeneous spaces
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4007271
• Proper actions of \(SL(2,\mathbb R)\) on \(SL(2,\mathbb R)\)-homogeneous spaces
• Publication:3211551
• Cartan decompositions and semigroups of simple Lie groups

Cited in

(25)

• Homogeneous spaces of real simple Lie groups with proper actions of non virtually abelian discrete subgroups: a computational approach
• Proper actions of \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb R)\) on semisimple symmetric spaces
• On the Hirzebruch-Kobayashi-Ono proportionality principle and the non-existence of compact solvable Clifford-Klein forms of certain homogeneous spaces
• Affine actions with Hitchin linear part
• Semisimple symmetric spaces without compact manifolds locally modelled thereon
• A cohomological obstruction to the existence of compact Clifford-Klein forms
• Proper actions of \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb C)\) on irreducible complex symmetric spaces
• Homogeneous space with non-virtually abelian discontinuous groups but without any proper \(SL(2,\mathbb{R})\)-action
• Proper \(SL(2,\mathbb{R})\)-actions on homogeneous spaces
• On semisimple standard compact Clifford-Klein forms
• Nonexistence of standard compact Clifford-Klein forms of homogeneous spaces of exceptional Lie groups
• Classifying the orbits of the generalized symmetric spaces for SL2(Fq)
• Semisimple symmetric spaces that do not model any compact manifold
• Intrinsic Sound of Anti-de Sitter Manifolds
• Conjectures on Reductive Homogeneous Spaces
• Cartan projections of some non-reductive subgroups and proper actions on homogeneous spaces
• A proof of Kobayashi's properness criterion from a viewpoint of metric geometry
• Zariski-dense discontinuous surface groups for reductive symmetric spaces
• The mathematical work of Toshiyuki Kobayashi
• A characterization of proper actions on homogeneous spaces with non-compact isotropy groups from a viewpoint of coarse geometry
• Non-Virtually Abelian Discontinuous Group Actions vs. Proper SL (2,ℝ) -Actions on Homogeneous Spaces
• A characterization of proper actions with bornology and coarse geometry
• A restriction on proper group actions on homogeneous spaces of reductive type
• Poincaré series for non-Riemannian locally symmetric spaces
• Classification of gradient space of dimension 8 by a reducible \(\text{sl}(2,\mathbb C)\) action

This page was built for publication: Classification of semisimple symmetric spaces with proper \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb R)\)-actions

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q351232)