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Isometries of polyhedral Hilbert geometries

Metric Geometry 2009-04-22 v1

Abstract

We show that the isometry group of a polyhedral Hilbert geometry coincides with its group of collineations (projectivities) if and only if the polyhedron is not an n-simplex with n>=2. Moreover, we determine the isometry group of the Hilbert geometry on the n-simplex, and find that it has the collineation group as an index-two subgroup. These results confirm, for the class of polyhedral Hilbert geometries, several conjectures posed by P. de la Harpe.

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@article{arxiv.0904.3306,
  title  = {Isometries of polyhedral Hilbert geometries},
  author = {Bas Lemmens and Cormac Walsh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.3306},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages

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