Jacobi osculating rank and isotropic geodesics on naturally reductive 3-manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2009.01.008zbMATH Open1172.53023arXiv0712.2132OpenAlexW1981669172WikidataQ115357329 ScholiaQ115357329MaRDI QIDQ838017FDOQ838017

J. C. González-Dávila

Publication date: 21 August 2009

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the Jacobi osculating rank of geodesics on naturally reductive homogeneous manifolds and we apply this theory to the 3-dimensional case. Here, each non-symmetric, simply connected naturally reductive 3-manifold can be given as a principal bundle over a surface of constant curvature, such that the curvature of its horizontal distribution is also a constant. Then, we prove that the Jacobi osculating rank of every geodesic is two except for the Hopf fibers, where it is zero. Moreover, we determine all isotropic geodesics and the isotropic tangent conjugate locus.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2132

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous structureJacobi osculating rankisotropic conjugate pointisotropic geodesic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30)

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