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We give a new approach to the infinitesimal structure of Lipschitz maps into L^1. As a first application, we give an alternative proof of the main theorem from an earlier paper, that the Heisenberg group does not admit a bi-Lipschitz…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Jeff Cheeger , Bruce Kleiner

In this paper, we discuss the decomposition of a Lie group with a left invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric and the uniqueness. In fact, it is a decomposition of a Lie group into totally geodesic sub-manifolds which is different from the De…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-03-16 Zhiqi Chen , Ke Liang , Mingming Ren

Let M be a compact manifold. We show the identity component $\mathrm{Homeo}_0(M)$ of the group of self-homeomorphisms of M has a well-defined quasi-isometry type, and study its large scale geometry. Through examples, we relate this large…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-07-08 Kathryn Mann , Christian Rosendal

We show that every group $H$ of at most exponential growth with respect to some left invariant metric admits a bi-Lipschitz embedding into a finitely generated group $G$ such that $G$ is amenable (respectively, solvable, satisfies a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-12-19 A. Olshanskii , D. Osin

We develop a self-contained theory of log-Euclidean Lie groups: smooth manifolds diffeomorphic to finite-dimensional vector spaces, equipped with the pullback of a constant Euclidean metric. This framework encompasses symmetric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Olivier Bisson , Xavier Pennec

We study isometries in the contact sub-pseudo-Riemannian geometry. In particular we give an upper bound on the dimension of the isometry group of a general sub-pseudo-Riemannian manifold and prove that the maximal dimension is attained for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Marek Grochowski , Wojciech Krynski

We characterize the Lie groups with finitely many connected components that are $O(u)$-bilipschitz equivalent (almost quasiisometric in the sense that the sublinear function $u$ replaces the additive bounds of quasiisometry) to the real…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Gabriel Pallier

Based on the work of Adams and Stuck as well as on the work of Zeghib, we classify the Lie groups which can act isometrically and locally effectively on Lorentzian manifolds of finite volume. In the case that the corresponding Lie algebra…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-05-31 Felix Günther

A space X is said to be Lipschitz 1-connected if every L-Lipschitz loop in X bounds a O(L)-Lipschitz disk. A Lipschitz 1-connected space admits a quadratic isoperimetric inequality, but it is unknown whether the converse is true. Cornulier…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-15 David Bruce Cohen

We characterise Lie groups with bi-invariant bargmannian, galilean or carrollian structures. Localising at the identity, we show that Lie algebras with ad-invariant bargmannian, carrollian or galilean structures are actually determined by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-18 José Figueroa-O'Farrill

Any abstract (not necessarily continuous) group automorphism of a simple, compact Lie group must be continuous due to Cartan (1930) and van der Waerden (1933). The purpose of this paper is to study a similar question in nilpotent Lie…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-06 Tomoya Tatsuno

We introduce ChebLieNet, a group-equivariant method on (anisotropic) manifolds. Surfing on the success of graph- and group-based neural networks, we take advantage of the recent developments in the geometric deep learning field to derive a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Hugo Aguettaz , Erik J. Bekkers , Michaël Defferrard

For real hyperbolic spaces, the dynamics of individual isometries and the geometry of the limit set of nonelementary discrete isometry groups have been studied in great detail. Most of the results were generalised to discrete isometry…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gabriele Link

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a real finite-dimensional Lie algebra equipped with a symmetric bilinear form $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle$. We assume that $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle $ is nil-invariant. This means that every nilpotent operator in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-11 Oliver Baues , Wolfgang Globke , Abdelghani Zeghib

It is well-known that a complete Riemannian manifold M which is locally isometric to a symmetric space is covered by a symmetric space. Here we prove that a discrete version of this property (called local to global rigidity) holds for a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Mikael de la Salle , Romain Tessera

We investigate the geodesic orbit property of pseudo-Riemannian nilmanifolds, specifically those known in the literature as pseudo $H$-type Lie groups -- i.e., 2-step nilpotent Lie groups of Heisenberg type equipped with a left invariant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Kenro Furutani , Irina Markina , Yurii Nikonorov

Suppose $G$ is a connected noncompact locally compact group, $A,B$ are nonempty and compact subsets of $G$, $\mu$ is a left Haar measure on $G$. Assuming that $G$ is unimodular, and $ \mu(A^2) < K \mu(A) $ with $K>1$ a fixed constant, our…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-10 Jinpeng An , Yifan Jing , Chieu-Minh Tran , Ruixiang Zhang

All known examples of homogeneous Einstein metrics of negative Ricci curvature can be realized as left-invariant Riemannian metrics on solvable Lie groups. After defining a notion of maximal symmetry among left-invariant Riemannian metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Carolyn S. Gordon , Michael R. Jablonski

We complete the classification of six-dimensional strongly unimodular almost nilpotent Lie algebras admitting complex structures. For several cases we describe the space of complex structures up to isomorphism. As a consequence we determine…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-19 Anna Fino , Fabio Paradiso

This paper completes the classification of seven-dimensional nilpotent Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant purely coclosed $\text{G}_2$-structure, initiated by the first-named author and collaborators. In this previous work, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Giovanni Bazzoni , Giorgia Petracci