Flats in Riemannian submersions from Lie groups

DOI10.4310/AJM.2009.V13.N4.A2zbMATH Open1194.53046arXivmath/0703389WikidataQ115206195 ScholiaQ115206195MaRDI QIDQ987157FDOQ987157

Authors: Kristopher Tapp 

Publication date: 13 August 2010

Published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that any base space of Riemannian submersion from a compact Lie group (with bi-invariant metric) must have a basic property previously known for normal biquotients; namely, any zero-curvature plane exponentiates to a flat.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703389

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie groupRiemannian submersion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30)

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