Proof of the projective Lichnerowicz-Obata conjecture

DOI10.4310/JDG/1175266281zbMATH Open1115.53029arXivmath/0407337OpenAlexW1871234126WikidataQ115196289 ScholiaQ115196289MaRDI QIDQ874688FDOQ874688

Authors: Vladimir S. Matveev 

Publication date: 10 April 2007

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We solve two classical conjectures by showing that if an action of a connected Lie group on a complete Riemannian manifold preserves the geodesics (considered as unparameterized curves), then the metric has constant positive sectional curvature, or the group acts by affine transformations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407337

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zbMATH Keywords

sectional curvatureaffine transformationprojectively equivalent Riemannian metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connections (general theory) (53C05) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

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