Symmetric spaces of higher rank do not admit differentiable compactifications

DOI10.1007/S00208-009-0464-ZzbMATH Open1198.53054arXiv0912.0814OpenAlexW3103384268MaRDI QIDQ976781FDOQ976781

Authors: Benoît Kloeckner 

Publication date: 16 June 2010

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Any nonpositively curved symmetric space admits a topological compactification, namely the Hadamard compactification. For rank one spaces, this topological compactification can be endowed with a differentiable structure such that the action of the isometry group is differentiable. Moreover, the restriction of the action on the boundary leads to a flat model for some geometry (conformal, CR or quaternionic CR depending of the space). One can ask whether such a differentiable compactification exists for higher rank spaces, hopefully leading to some knew geometry to explore. In this paper we answer negatively.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0814

Recommendations

• On differentiable compactifications of the hyperbolic space
• A differential geometric characterization of symmetric spaces of higher rank
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 559101
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2207935
• On the geometric rank of homogeneous spaces of nonpositive curvature

zbMATH Keywords

compactificationsymmetric space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Extensions of spaces (compactifications, supercompactifications, completions, etc.) (54D35)

Cites Work

• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Manifolds of nonpositive curvature
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Groups of differentiable and real or complex analytic transformations
• On differentiable compactifications of the hyperbolic space

Cited In (3)

• The Gauss map of surfaces in \(\widetilde{\mathrm {PSL}}_2(\mathbb R)\)
• On differentiable compactifications of the hyperbolic space
• Almost homogeneous manifolds with boundary

This page was built for publication: Symmetric spaces of higher rank do not admit differentiable compactifications

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q976781)