Extension of de Rham decomposition theorem via non-Euclidean development

MaRDI QIDQ6231387zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yacine Chitour, Mauricio Godoy Molina, Petri Kokkonen

Publication date 3 March 2012

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)

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.

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