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Lifting tensors from orbifold quotients

Differential Geometry 2012-05-23 v1

Abstract

We deal with a Lie group G acting by isometries on a Riemannian manifold M, such that the quotient M/G is an orbifold, or, equivalently, all slice representations are polar. We show that any smooth orbifold symmetric 2-tensor on M/G lifts to a smooth G-invariant symmetric 2-tensor on M. The proof relies on a fact about the Invariant Theory of finite reflection groups which may be of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.1205.4765,
  title  = {Lifting tensors from orbifold quotients},
  author = {Ricardo A. E. Mendes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4765},
  year   = {2012}
}

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24 pages

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