Rigidity of Hilbert metrics
Let \(\mathcal C\) be a bounded open convex domain in \(\mathbb R^n\). Given two distinct points \(p\) and \(q\) in \(\mathcal C\), let \(a\) and \(b\) be the intersection points of the straight line defined by \(p\) and \(q\) with the boundary \(\partial\mathcal C\) of \(\mathcal C\) such that \(p\) lies between \(a\) and \(q\). Let \([a,p,q,b]\) be the cross ratio of the ordered collinear points \(\{ a,p,q,b\}\). The Hilbert metric \(d_{\mathcal C}\) on \(\mathcal C\) is defined by: \(d_{\mathcal C}(p,p)=0\) and \(d_{\mathcal C}(p,q)=\log [a,p,q,b]\). The authors study subgroups \(\Gamma\) of the group \(\text{Isom } (\mathcal C, d_{\mathcal C})\) of isometries of \((\mathcal C, d_{\mathcal C})\) with proper actions of \(\mathcal C\) (that is, such that the quotient topological space \(\mathcal C/\Gamma\) is Hausdorff). The main results are the following: 1) Let \(\mathcal C\) be a bounded open convex domain in \(\mathbb R^n\) whose boundary \(\partial\mathcal C\) is a hypersurface of class \(C^3\) which is strictly convex. Then if \(\partial\mathcal C\) is not an ellipsoid, any subgroup of the isometry group \(\text{Isom } ({\mathcal C}, d _{\mathcal C})\) whose action on \(\mathcal C\) is proper is finite. 2) Let \(\mathcal C\) be as above. Then if \(\partial\mathcal C\) is not an ellipsoid, \((\mathcal C, d_{\mathcal C})\) does not allow quotients of finite volume (and thus compact quotients) by subgroups of \(\text{Isom } ({\mathcal C}, d _{\mathcal C})\) whose actions on \(\mathcal C\) are proper. 3) Let \(\mathcal C\) be any bounded open convex domain in \(\mathbb R^n\). If the metric \(d_{\mathcal C}\) is Riemannian, then \(\partial\mathcal C\) is an ellipsoid. A preliminary version of this paper was published by the second author [Sémin. Théor. Spectr. Géom. 18, 171-173 (2000; Zbl 0979.52001)].
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