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Lorentzian similarity manifold

Geometric Topology 2011-10-11 v1

Abstract

If an m+2m+2-manifold MM is locally modeled on \RRm+2\RR^{m+2} with coordinate changes lying in the subgroup G=\RRm+2(\rO(m+1,1)×\RR+)G=\RR^{m+2}\rtimes ({\rO}(m+1,1)\times \RR^+) of the affine group \rA(m+2){\rA}(m+2), then MM is said to be a \emph{Lorentzian similarity manifold}. A Lorentzian similarity manifold is also a conformally flat Lorentzian manifold because GG is isomorphic to the stabilizer of the Lorentz group \rPO(m+2,2){\rPO}(m+2,2) which is the full Lorentzian group of the Lorentz model S2n+1,1S^{2n+1,1}. It contains a class of Lorentzian flat space forms. We shall discuss the properties of compact Lorentzian similarity manifolds using developing maps and holonomy representations.

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@article{arxiv.1110.1792,
  title  = {Lorentzian similarity manifold},
  author = {Yoshinobu Kamishima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.1792},
  year   = {2011}
}

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