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Does a Trivial Tangent Bundle Induce a Multiplication?

Let $M$ be a connected smooth manifold, and assume that it is parallelisable; that is, its tangent bundle is trivial. Does $M$ admit an H space structure? That is, does there exist a smooth map $\mu:...
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A full dim. subvector space of $\chi^{\infty}(M)$ which all non zero elements are nonvanishing vec.field

What is an example of a $n$ dimensional manifold $M$ which is not a lie group or $S^{7}$ but satisfies the following property?: There is an $n$ dimensional sub vector space $V\...
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Non-Lie Subgroups

A result of Borel and Lichnerowicz states that the holonomy group of a connection on a principal $G$-bundle is a Lie subgroup of $G$ (Cartan had earlier asserted this, but apparently without proof). ...
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analytic structure on lie groups

I need a reference for a result I have heard only very vaguely "A lie group (smooth) has a compatible analytic manifold structure". (Would even appreciate a concise way to refer to the result..) I ...
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Question on transversal slice of Lie group

Assume we have action of Lie group $G$ on a manifold $X$. Fix some orbit $\mathcal{O}$, it is known there exist transversal slice $S$ with respect to this orbit. Fix some point $x$ in $\mathcal{O}$, ...
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Lie Semigroups?

Why is a Lie group wanted instead of a semigroup, what does the group structure give? References on this would be much appreciated. I'm currently pondering manifolds and lie groups and their ...
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Understanding manifold GL+(3,R)/SO(3) ?

I'm trying to better understand the manifold GL+(3,R)/S0(3) which is diffeomorphic to positive definite symmetric matrices. My motivation is to understand U in F = RU where F in GL+(3,R) = deformation ...
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What is the classifying space of "G-bundles with connections"

Let $G$ be a (maybe Lie) group, and $M$ a space (perhaps a manifold). Then a principal $G$-bundle over $M$ is a bundle $P \to M$ on which $G$ acts (by fiber-preserving maps), so that each fiber is a $...

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