Proof of the projective Lichnerowicz conjecture for pseudo-Riemannian metrics with degree of mobility greater than two

DOI10.1007/S00220-010-1037-4zbMATH Open1197.53055arXiv0810.0994OpenAlexW3103277849WikidataQ115388600 ScholiaQ115388600MaRDI QIDQ982464FDOQ982464

Authors: V. Kiosak, Vladimir S. Matveev 

Publication date: 6 July 2010

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove an important partial case of the pseudo-Riemannian version of the projective Lichnerowicz conjecture stating that a complete manifold admitting an essential group of projective transformations is the round sphere (up to a finite cover).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.0994

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zbMATH Keywords

projective transformationsdegree of mobilitygeodesically equivalentprojective Lichnerowicz conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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