Connected subgroups of SO(2,n) acting irreducibly on R^2,n

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Abstract: We classify all connected subgroups of SO(2,n) that act irreducibly on R2,n. Apart from SO0(2,n) itself these are U(1,n/2), SU(1,n/2), if n even, S1cdotSO(1,n/2) if n even and nge2, and SO0(1,2) for n=3. Our proof is based on the Karpelevich Theorem and uses the classification of totally geodesic submanifolds of complex hyperbolic space and of the Lie ball. As an application we obtain a list of possible irreducible holonomy groups of Lorentzian conformal structures, namely SO0(2,n), SU(1,n), and SO0(1,2).









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