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K-contact Lie groups of dimension five or greater

Differential Geometry 2010-06-09 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We prove that a K-contact Lie group of dimension five or greater is the central extension of a symplectic Lie group by complexifying the Lie algebra and applying a result from complex contact geometry, namely, that, if the adjoint action of the complex Reeb vector field on a complex contact Lie algebra is diagonalizable, then it is trivial.

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@article{arxiv.1006.1531,
  title  = {K-contact Lie groups of dimension five or greater},
  author = {Brendan Foreman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1531},
  year   = {2010}
}