Möbius characterization of the boundary at infinity of rank one symmetric spaces

DOI10.1007/S10711-013-9906-6zbMATH Open1362.53061arXiv1211.3237OpenAlexW2075529358MaRDI QIDQ464232FDOQ464232

Viktor Schroeder, Sergei V. Buyalo

Publication date: 17 October 2014

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A Moebius structure (on a set X) is a class of metrics having the same cross-ratios. A Moebius structure is ptolemaic if it is invariant under inversion operations. The boundary at infinity of a CAT(-1) space is in a natural way a Moebius space, which is ptolemaic. We give a free of classification proof of the following result that characterizes the rank one symmetric spaces of noncompact type purely in terms of their Moebius geometry: Let X be a compact Ptolemy space which contains a Ptolemy circle and allows many space inversions. Then X is Moebius equivalent to the boundary at infinity of a rank one symmetric space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3237

zbMATH Keywords

Ptolemy spacesrank-one symmetric spacesMöbius structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity results (53C24) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35)

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