Geometric Properties of Conformal Transformations on $\mathbb{R}^{p,q}$
Differential Geometry
2015-03-04 v1 Complex Variables
Rings and Algebras
Abstract
We show that conformal transformations on the generalized Minkowski space map hyperboloids and affine hyperplanes into hyperboloids and affine hyperplanes. We also show that this action on hyperboloids and affine hyperplanes is transitive when or is , and that this action has exactly three orbits if . Then we extend these results to hyperboloids and affine planes of arbitrary dimension. These properties generalize the well-known properties of M\"{o}bius (or fractional linear) transformations on the complex plane .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1503.00520,
title = {Geometric Properties of Conformal Transformations on $\mathbb{R}^{p,q}$},
author = {Matvei Libine and Surya Raghavendran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.00520},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
To appear in Geometriae Dedicata, 13 pages, no figures