Submaximal metric projective and metric affine structures
Differential Geometry
2013-06-19 v2
Abstract
We prove that the next possible dimension after the maximal for the Lie algebra of local projective symmetries of a metric on a manifold of dimension is if the signature is Riemannian or , if the signature is Lorentzian and , and elsewise. We also prove that the Lie algebra of local affine symmetries of a metric has the same submaximal dimensions (after the maximal ) unless the signature is Riemannian and , in which case the submaximal dimension is .
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1304.4426,
title = {Submaximal metric projective and metric affine structures},
author = {Boris Kruglikov and Vladimir Matveev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4426},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
In version 2 an appendix with the local version of the result of Kobayashi and Nagano of 1972 is added