Dynamics of simple Lie groups on Lorentz manifolds

Scot Adams

doi:10.1023/B:GEOM.0000024726.35086.c4

Dynamics of simple Lie groups on Lorentz manifolds

Scot Adams

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Abstract

We give an alternate proof of N. Kowalsky's theorem describing the collection of connected simple Lie groups with finite center which admit a nontrivial, nonproper action by isometries of a connected Lorentz manifold.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Geometriae Dedicata
Volume	105
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GEOM.0000024726.35086.c4
State	Published - Apr 2004

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?The author was supported in part by NSF grant DMS-0072165.

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Isometries
Lorentz manifolds
Transformation groups

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Dynamics of simple Lie groups on Lorentz manifolds

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