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Homogeneity of infinite dimensional isoparametric submanifolds

Differential Geometry 2016-09-07 v1

Abstract

A subset S of a Riemannian manifold N is called extrinsically homogeneous if S is an orbit of a subgroup of the isometry group of N. Thorbergsson proved the remarkable result that every complete, connected, full, irreducible isoparametric submanifold of a finite dimensional Euclidean space of rank at least 3 is extrinsically homogeneous. This result, combined with results of Palais-Terng and Dadok, finally classified irreducible isoparametric submanifolds of a finite dimensional Euclidean space of rank at least 3. While Thorbergsson's proof used Tits buildings, a simpler proof without using Tits buildings was given by Olmos. The main purpose of this paper is to extend Thorbergsson's result to the infinite dimensional case.

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@article{arxiv.math/9901150,
  title  = {Homogeneity of infinite dimensional isoparametric submanifolds},
  author = {Ernst Heintze and Xiaobo Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9901150},
  year   = {2016}
}

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