2009/10/20 by Marius Munteanu, Munteanu, Marius, Kristopher Tapp +1
Mathematics · #53C #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #Metric Geometry (math.MG) #math.DG #math.MG #msc:53C
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0910.3844
arxiv created 2009/10/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
For a Riemannian submersion from a simple compact Lie group with a bi-invariant metric, we prove the action of its holonomy group on the fibers is transitive. As a step towards classifying Riemannian submersions with totally geodesic fibers, we consider the parameterized surface induced by lifting a base geodesic to points along a geodesic in a fiber. Such a surface is "doubly ruled" (it is ruled by horizontal geodesics and also by vertical geodesics). Its characterizing properties allow us to define "doubly ruled parameterized surfaces" in any Riemannian manifold, independent of Riemannian submersions. We initiate a study of the doubly ruled parameterized surfaces in compact Lie groups and in other symmetric spaces by establishing several rigidity theorems and by providing several examples with unexpected properties.