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Submaximal metric projective and metric affine structures

Differential Geometry 2013-06-19 v2

Abstract

We prove that the next possible dimension after the maximal n2+2nn^2+2n for the Lie algebra of local projective symmetries of a metric on a manifold of dimension n>1n>1 is n23n+5n^2-3n+5 if the signature is Riemannian or n=2n=2, n23n+6n^2-3n+6 if the signature is Lorentzian and n>2n>2, and n23n+8n^2-3n+8 elsewise. We also prove that the Lie algebra of local affine symmetries of a metric has the same submaximal dimensions (after the maximal n2+nn^2+n) unless the signature is Riemannian and n=3,4n=3,4, in which case the submaximal dimension is n23n+6n^2-3n+6.

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@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

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