Holonomy Groups of Complete Flat Pseudo-Riemannian Homogeneous Spaces
Differential Geometry
2014-12-01 v2 Mathematical Physics
Group Theory
math.MP
Abstract
We show that a complete flat pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous manifold with non-abelian linear holonomy is of dimension at least 14. Due to an example constructed in a previous article by Oliver Baues and the author, this is a sharp bound. Also, we give a structure theory for the fundamental groups of complete flat pseudo-Riemannian manifolds in dimensions less than 7. Finally, we observe that every finitely generated torsion-free 2-step nilpotent group can be realized as the fundamental group of a complete flat pseudo-Riemannian manifold with abelian linear holonomy.
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@article{arxiv.1205.3285,
title = {Holonomy Groups of Complete Flat Pseudo-Riemannian Homogeneous Spaces},
author = {Wolfgang Globke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3285},
year = {2014}
}
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