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Projective Lichnerowicz-Obata conjecture

Differential Geometry 2011-08-08 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We solve two classical conjectures by showing that if an action of a connected Lie group on a complete Riemannian manifold preserves the geodesics (considered as unparameterized curves), then the metric has constant positive sectional curvature, or the group acts by affine transformations.

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@article{arxiv.math/0407337,
  title  = {Projective Lichnerowicz-Obata conjecture},
  author = {Vladimir S. Matveev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0407337},
  year   = {2011}
}

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38 pages, 1 figure