Isometry groups of closed Lorentz 4-manifolds are Jordan

DOI10.1007/S10711-019-00493-7zbMATH Open1457.57043arXiv1901.04257OpenAlexW2985855524MaRDI QIDQ776205FDOQ776205

Ignasi Mundet i Riera

Publication date: 30 June 2020

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that for any closed Lorentz $4$-manifold $(M,g)$ the isometry group $Isom(M,g)$ is Jordan. Namely, there exists a constant $C$ (depending on $M$ and $g$) such that any finite subgroup $GammaleqIsom(M,g)$ has an abelian subgroup $AleqGamma$ satisfying $[Gamma:A]leqC$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.04257

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zbMATH Keywords

closed Lorentz manifoldfinite groups of isometriesJordan property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Finite transformation groups (57S17) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) Transformation groups and semigroups (topological aspects) (54H15)

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