A Frobenius theorem for Cartan geometries, with applications

DOI10.4171/LEM/57-1-3zbMATH Open1242.53029arXiv0812.0624OpenAlexW2031769616WikidataQ116600832 ScholiaQ116600832MaRDI QIDQ648495FDOQ648495

Authors: Karin Melnick 

Publication date: 22 November 2011

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove analogues for Cartan geometries of Gromov's major theorems on automorphisms of rigid geometric structures. The starting point is a Frobenius theorem, which says that infinitesimal automorphisms of sufficiently high order integrate to local automorphisms. Consequences include a stratification theorem describing the configuration of orbits for local Killing fields in a compact real-analytic Cartan geometry, and an open-dense theorem in the smooth case, which says that if there is a dense orbit, then there is an open, dense, locally homogeneus subset. Combining the Frobenius theorem with the embedding theorem of Bader, Frances, and the author gives a representation theorem that relates the fundamental group of the manifold with the automorphism group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0624

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zbMATH Keywords

Cartan connectionFrobenius theoremrigid geometric structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(G)-structures (53C10) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) Jets in global analysis (58A20)

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