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Hidden symmetry and arithmetic manifolds

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

A "hidden symmetry" of a Riemannian manifold M is an isometry of a d-sheeted, 1<d<\infty, Riemannian cover of M which is not the lift of any isometry. In this paper we characterize the locally symmetric metric(s) on a closed, arithmetic manifold as the unique metric with infinitely many hidden symmetries.

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@article{arxiv.math/0405160,
  title  = {Hidden symmetry and arithmetic manifolds},
  author = {Benson Farb and Shmuel Weinberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0405160},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages