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

DOI10.1007/s00220-010-1037-4zbMath1197.53055arXiv0810.0994OpenAlexW3103277849WikidataQ115388600 ScholiaQ115388600MaRDI QIDQ982464

Volodymyr Kiosak, Vladimir S. Matveev

Publication date: 6 July 2010

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

projective transformationsgeodesically equivalentdegree of mobilityprojective Lichnerowicz conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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