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Pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces of signature (2,2)

Differential Geometry 2024-05-02 v1

Abstract

We study all four-dimensional simply-connected indecomposable non-semisimple pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces whose metric has signature (2,2). We present models and compute their isometry groups. We solve the problem of the existence or non-existence of compact quotients by properly acting discrete subgroups of the isometry group. This continues and completes earlier work by Maeta.

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@article{arxiv.2405.00501,
  title  = {Pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces of signature (2,2)},
  author = {Ines Kath and Matti Lyko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.00501},
  year   = {2024}
}

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48 pages