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Classification of semisimple symmetric spaces with proper SL(2,R)-actions

Differential Geometry 2013-08-27 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

We give a complete classification of irreducible symmetric spaces for which there exist proper SL(2,R)-actions as isometries, using the criterion for proper actions by T. Kobayashi [Math. Ann. '89] and combinatorial techniques of nilpotent orbits. In particular, we classify irreducible symmetric spaces that admit surface groups as discontinuous groups, combining this with Benoist's theorem [Ann. Math. '96].

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@article{arxiv.1205.1177,
  title  = {Classification of semisimple symmetric spaces with proper SL(2,R)-actions},
  author = {Takayuki Okuda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.1177},
  year   = {2013}
}

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41 pages (to appear in Journal of Differential Geometry)