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Affine transformations and parallel lightlike vector fields on compact Lorentzian $3$-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2015-06-26 v3

Abstract

We describe the compact Lorentzian 33-manifolds admitting a parallel lightlike vector field. The classification of compact Lorentzian 33-manifolds admitting non-isometric affine diffeomorphisms follows, together with the complete description of these morphisms. Such a Lorentzian manifold is in some sense an equivariant deformation of a flat one.

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@article{arxiv.1404.1357,
  title  = {Affine transformations and parallel lightlike vector fields on compact Lorentzian $3$-manifolds},
  author = {Charles Boubel and Pierre Mounoud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.1357},
  year   = {2015}
}

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