Extension of de Rham decomposition theorem via non-Euclidean development

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Authors: Yacine Chitour, Mauricio Godoy Molina, Petri Kokkonen 

Publication date: 3 March 2012

Abstract: In the present paper, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ to have a reducible action of a hyperbolic analogue of the holonomy group. This condition amounts to a decomposition of $(M,g)$ as a warped product of a special form, in analogy to the classical de Rham decomposition theorem for Riemannian manifolds. As a consequence of these results and Berger's classification of holonomy groups, we obtain a simple necessary and sufficient condition for the complete controllability of the system of $(M,g)$ rolling against the hyperbolic space.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects (53A55) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29)

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