Semi-simple Lie groups acting conformally on compact Lorentz manifolds

2015/06/29 by Vincent Pecastaing, Pecastaing, Vincent
Mathematics · #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #math.DG

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1506.08693

20 pages

arxiv created 2015/06/29 · arxiv updated 2015/06/30

Abstract

We give a classification, up to local isomorphisms, of semi-simple Lie groups without compact factors that can act faithfully and conformally on a compact Lorentz manifold of dimension greater than or equal to 3.

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