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On isometry groups of pseudo-Riemannian compact Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2020-03-03 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a connected, simply-connected, compact simple Lie group. In this paper, we show that the isometry group of GG with a left-invariant pseudo-Riemannan metric is compact. Furthermore, the identity component of the isometry group is compact if GG is not simply-connected.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00422,
  title  = {On isometry groups of pseudo-Riemannian compact Lie groups},
  author = {Zhu Fuhai and Chen Zhiqi and Liang Ke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00422},
  year   = {2020}
}
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