A method for determining Cartan geometries from the local behavior of automorphisms

arXiv2303.00561MaRDI QIDQ6428079FDOQ6428079

Publication date: 1 March 2023

Abstract: For the purpose of determining global properties of Cartan geometries from local information about automorphisms, we introduce a construction for a Cartan geometry that captures the local behavior of a given automorphism near a distinguished element. The result of this construction, which we call the sprawl generated by the automorphism from the distinguished element, is uniquely characterized by a kind of ``universal property that allows us to compare Cartan geometries admitting automorphisms with equivalent local behavior. To demonstrate the remarkable effectiveness of the techniques derived from this construction, we use them to completely characterize all almost c-projective structures and all almost quaternionic structures admitting nontrivial automorphisms with higher-order fixed points, as well as all nondegenerate partially integrable almost CR-structures admitting a higher-order fixed point with non-null isotropy.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Group actions and symmetry properties (58D19)

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