The index of compact simple Lie groups

DOI10.1112/BLMS.12081zbMATH Open1386.53057arXiv1703.05555OpenAlexW2600661963WikidataQ115258204 ScholiaQ115258204MaRDI QIDQ5371069FDOQ5371069

Carlos Olmos, Jürgen Berndt

Publication date: 24 October 2017

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let M be an irreducible Riemannian symmetric space. The index i(M) of M is the minimal codimension of a (non-trivial) totally geodesic submanifold of M. The purpose of this note is to determine the index i(M) for all irreducible Riemannian symmetric spaces M of type (II) and (IV).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.05555

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Global submanifolds (53C40)

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• Submanifolds, holonomy, and homogeneous geometry
• Submanifold geometry in symmetric spaces of noncompact type
• The index of exceptional symmetric spaces
• Infinitesimal isospectral deformations of symmetric spaces: quotients of the special unitary group
• The index conjecture for symmetric spaces
• Totally geodesic submanifolds in exceptional symmetric spaces

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