Three Dimensional Lorentz homogeneous spaces and the Petrov classification

Publication date 3 March 2012

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: In this note, we verify the classification of local geometries given by A.Z. Petrov. First, we determine criteria for identifying a given 3D Lorentz homogeneous space in Petrov's classification. Then, we identify all inequivalent 1D subalgebras of all real 4D Lie algebras and determine which of these give rise to a homogeneous space admitting an invariant Lorentz metric.

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