Questions tagged [symmetric-spaces]
A symmetric space is a connected Riemannian manifold in which at every point there exists a global self-isometry whose differential at the given point is minus identity.
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Eigenspaces and covering relations of twisted involutions
Let $\theta:G\to G$ be an involution of a complex connected reductive Lie group, preserving a maximal torus $T$ (which, for me, lies inside a $\theta$-invariant Borel $B$). Let $K = G^\theta$ be the ...
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Classification of compact globally symmetric spaces
It is known that any connected compact Lie group $G$ is a finite quotient of the product of a compact simply connected semisimple Lie group $\tilde{G}$ and a torus $\mathbb{T}^n$ (see for example ...
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Upper bounds for lattice points in orbits, and representations of binary quadratic forms
Write $\mathbb{Z}^{a\times b}$ for the $a\times b$ integer matrices. Let $n\geq 3$ and $Q\in\mathbb{Z}^{n\times n}$. Let $G=O(Q)$ be the orthogonal group of $Q$. For $X_0\in \mathbb{Z}^{2\times n}$, ...
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Explicit formula for the Levi-Civita connection on a non-compact Riemannian symmetric space
Let $G/K$ be a non-compact Riemannian symmetric space, endowed with the Riemannian metric coming from the Killing form on the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ of the semi-simple Lie group $G$. Here $K$ is ...
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Orbits under an algebraic group inside a Shimura variety
Let $(G,X)$ be a Shimura datum, $K$ a compact open subgroup of $G(\mathbb A_f)$. Let $H\subset G$ be a $\mathbb Q$-subgroup. Choose a point $x\in X$. What can be said about the orbit $H(\mathbb R)\...
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Cohomology of boundary of locally symmetric space
Let $S$ be a locally symmetric space, not necessarily compact, and $\overline{S}$ be its Borel-Serre compactification. Let $\partial S$ be the boundary of $S$. Let $\widetilde{\mathbb{C}}$ be the ...
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Cohomology of adelic locally symmetric spaces
I am most probably wrong in asserting as follows.
Let $G$ be a connected reductive group over $\mathbb{Q}$, and $S_{K_f} = G(\mathbb{Q}) \backslash G(\mathbb{A}/K_\infty Z(\mathbb{A}) \cdot K_f $ be ...
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Connectedness of symmetric subgroup of simply connected Lie group
Let $G$ be a connected real simple Lie group, and $\tau$ be an involutive automorphism of $G$. Then $\tau$ defines a symmetric subgroup $G^\tau$ of $G$. In general, $G^\tau$ is not necessarily ...
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Compact quaternionic Kahler manifolds of negative curvature: examples
There is a well known problem of LeBrun-Salamon:
are there any non-symmetric compact quaternionic-Kahler
manifolds of positive scalar (and Ricci) curvature?
It is hard and still unsolved:
Quaternionic-...
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Irreducible Symmetric Pairs
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra with a compact subalgebra $\mathfrak{k}$ such that $(\mathfrak{g},\mathfrak{k})$ corresponds to an irreducible Riemann symmetric space. Denote by $\sigma$ be ...
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The uniqueness of a $K$-fixed vector in a spinor representation
Consider $G=SO(2n)$ and $K=U(n)$. $(G,K)$ is a symmetric pair. I'm interested in (zonal) spherical functions on $G/K$ which are matrix elements with respect to $K$-fixed vectors in irreducible ...
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Symmetric pairs of holomorphic type
Let $G$ be a real simple Lie group of Hermitian type; that is, $G/K$ carries a structure of a Hermitian symmetric space where $K$ is a maximal compact subgroup of $G$. Equivalently, the center $Z(\...
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Non-semisimple symmetric subgroups of simply connected simple algebraic groups
Let $G$ be a simply connected simple algebraic group over the field of complex numbers $\mathbb C$. Let $H$ be a symmetric subgroup of $G$. This means that there exists an automorphism of order 2 $\...
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Isotropy symmetric holomorphic functions
Let $G$ be a bounded homogeneous domain in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ and let $z\in G$.
Assume that $f$ is a holomorphic function on $G$, which is isotropy symmetric, i.e. $f\circ \varphi=f$ for any ...
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Constructing real forms of the Tits-Freudenthal magic square for (Rosenfeld) projective planes
If $\mathbb{K},\mathbb{L} \in \{\mathbb{R},\mathbb{C},\mathbb{H},\mathbb{O}\}$ then the Rosenfeld projective ("elliptic"?) plane $\mathbb{P}^2(\mathbb{K}\otimes\mathbb{L})$ is "the" compact Riemannian ...
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Two questions on homogeneous domains
Let $G$ be a domain in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ and let $Aut(G)$ be the group of biholomorphic selfmaps of $G$. $G$ is called:
(1) homogeneous if $Aut(G)$ acts transitively on $G$, i.e. for any $z,w\in G$ ...
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Exceptional symmetric spaces with quaternionic structure
Following this and this question I found following chain of exceptional symmetric spaces being quaternionic manifolds. I listed dimensions as superscripts for reader convenience.
$F_{I}^{28}\subset ...
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A few questions about $E_7$ and its symmetric spaces
My question about $E_6$ survived, so I post next episode. From the Yokota book I found out that there is $-1$ in $E_7$ Lie group. This book defines Lie group $E_7$ using 56-dimensional Freudenthal ...
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Volume growth and visibility in hyperbolic spaces
I am interested in the following two questions for complex, quaternionic and octonionic hyperbolic spaces, equipped with their usual metrics and measures:
For brevity, I will denote the volume of the ...
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A few questions about $E_6$ and its symmetric spaces
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The purpose of my question - on high level - is to understand exceptional symmetric spaces. My latest idea is to embed them into Lie group. There is quite nice embedding of 32-dimensional $E_{...
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Negative-curvature behaviour of higher-rank symmetric spaces
Let $X$ be a symmetric space of noncompact type with $rk\ X\geq 2$ and let $G$ be the identity component of the isometry group. Pick points $p\in X$ and $\xi\in\partial_{\infty}X$, with $\xi$ regular, ...
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Is SO(2n+1)/U(n) a symmetric space?
I am a physics student with only a rudimentary knowledge of differential geometry, so please feel free to point out if I miss something elementary / trivial.
According to https://arxiv.org/abs/1408....
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Exceptional symmetric spaces embedded in exceptional Lie group
In Yokota (1959) and Atsuyama (1977) papers one can find embedding of projective space $\mathbb OP^2$ into Lie group $F_4$. Lately I come to following idea to have embedding of all four projective ...
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Reference: Heat Kernel for Siegel Upper Half plane
Is there a ready reference for explicit computation of the heat kernel for Siegel upper half space $\mathbb{H}_n=\{Z=X+iY\in \mathrm{Mat}_n(\mathbb{C}) \vert Y>0\} $? I could find it for general ...
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Relationship between Multiplicative Ergodic Theorems
One version of Oseledets' Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem states that if $\sigma$ is an ergodic measure-preserving transformation of a space $(\Omega,\mathbb P)$ and if $A\colon\Omega\to GL(d,\mathbb R)...
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An explicit description of neighborhoods of the rank 2 boundary in the Satake Compactification of $\mathbf{A}_2$
My Motivation: I'm having a hard time following the description of the topology in the Satake Compactification of locally symmetric spaces. The group theory is something I'm finding a bit tricky to ...
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Applications of Jordan algebras
Jordan algebras are non-associative algebras satisfying a somewhat strange (to me) list of axioms, see wikipedia. Basic examples are real symmetric and complex hermitian matrices with the product $A\...
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Hua Luogeng's definition of automorphism group for Hermitian symmetric space
I'm trying to make sense of a definition appearing in Hua Luogeng's book "Harmonic Analysis of Functions of Several Complex Variables in the Classical Domains".
Consider the Hermitian symmetric space ...
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Triviality of a fiber bundle
Is the principal fiber bundle $GL^+(6,\mathbb R)$ over $GL^+(6,\mathbb R)/SL(3,\mathbb C)$ trivial ?
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Intermediate quotient for a Hermitian Symmetric Spaces of $Sp(n)$
We know that $U(N)$ can be embedded into $SU(n+1)$ and that the quotient is isomorphic to complex projective space:
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SU(n+1)/U(n) \simeq {\mathbb CP}^{n}.
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If $M$ is a globally symmetric space, do we need it to be compact to prove that all the critical submanifolds in $\Lambda M$ are nondegenerate?
In "The free loop space of globally symmetric spaces" by Ziller, he proves the following theorem:
Theorem 2. For a globally symmetric space the critical submanifolds in $\Lambda M$ are all ...
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symmetric points on symmetric spaces
Let $M$ by an $m$-dimensional symmetric space (or a general Riemannian manifold). The finite distinct points $p_1,p_2,\cdots,p_n\in M$ are said symmetric, if for any permutation $\sigma$ on $1,2,\...
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Automorphism groups of symmetric cones
Indecomposable symmetric cones fall into five classes. The automorphism group of any symmetric cone $C$ is a real Lie group $Aut(C)$. What is the associated class of Lie groups $Aut(C)$ for each of ...
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Anosov representations and boundaries of (harmonic) maps
Let $\Sigma_g$ be a closed hyperbolic surface and $\rho\colon\pi_1\Sigma_g\to G$ an Anosov representation into a suitable Lie group. By definition of Anosovness, one has a $\rho$-equivariant ...
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How to associate a proper parabolic subgroup of a real s.s Lie group $G$ to a non-trivial unipotent element in a non uniform lattice in $G$?
Let $G$ be a real semi-simple Lie group. Let $\Gamma$ be a non-uniform lattice in $G$.
Then it is known that $\Gamma$ contains a non-trivial unipotent element. When $\mathbb{R}$-rank of $G$ is 1, it ...
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Non-flat totally geodesic surfaces
I'd like to know whether a Riemannian symmetric space of compact type admits a non-flat totally geodesic surface. I've found an article by Mashimo on the classification of these surfaces for certain ...
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Volume of arithmetic quotients of symmetric spaces
Now let $\textbf{G}$ be some connected semisimple linear algebraic group over a number field $F$. Let $G_{\infty}$ be $\textbf{G}(\mathbb{R}\otimes_{\mathbb{Q}} F)$. Let $K_{\infty}$ be a maximal ...
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Variation of Hodge structures associated to a hermitian symmetric domain
Let $D$ be an irreducible hermitian symmetric domain. Then there exists a variation of Hodge structures $(h_s)_{s\in D}$ on a vector space $V$ satisfying specific conditions which depend on $D$ such ...
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Discrete subgroup of centralizer of transvections in isometries acts properly discontinuously
My question will rely on a clarification of a proof, which I simply don't understand.
Let us denote by $X$ a pseudo-riemannian symmetric space and define
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Z_{\mathrm{Iso}\left(X\right)}G(X) = \{\, ...
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Kernel of the Weil homomorphism for compact symmetric spaces
Let $X = G/K$ be a Riemannian symmetric space of compact type and consider the "Weil homomorphism" $$w^\bullet: H^\bullet(BK; \mathbb R) \to H^\bullet(X; \mathbb R),$$ i.e. the map in cohomology ...
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Weyl group of a symmetric space
Let $G/K$ be a symmetric space of a non-compact type, i.e. $G$ is a semi-simple connected Lie group, and $K$ is its maximal compact subgroup. Helgason in his book "Differential geometry and symmetric ...
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Tori in Compact Riemannian Symmetric Spaces
The closure of a 1-parameter subgroup in a compact Lie group is a torus. To what extent does this result generalize to compact Riemannian symmetric spaces? In other words, is the closure of a geodesic ...
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Harish-Chandra isomorphism for compact symmetric spaces
I would be interested to have an explicit description of the algebra of invariant differential operators on functions on a compact symmetric space $G/K$. A reference would be especially useful.
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Symmetric spaces which are compact modulo the unipotent radical are compact
Is the following true?
Let $X = G/H$ be a symmetric space of a reductive group over a p-adic field $F$.
Let $X^0$ be an open orbit w.r.t. the action of the minimal parabolic $B$ of $G$.
Let $U$ be ...
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Hermitian Symmetric Subspaces of Siegel Space
Let $\mathbb{H}_g$ denote Siegel space, and $M$ denote an order 4 element of the unitary subgroup $U(n)(\mathbb{R})$with $p$ eigenvalues equal to $i$, and $q$ eigenvalues equal to $-i$, $p+q=g$. ...
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Tangent bundles of period domains of higher weight Hodge structures
Considering $A_{g}$ the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varieties, there is a variation of Hodge structures $\mathbb{V}=E^{1,0}\oplus E^{0,1}$ of weight $1$ on $A_{g}$. It is well-known ...
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Cotangent bundle of symmetric space is symmetric space?
Let $G$ be a connected Lie group. Then a symmetric space for $G$ is a homogeneous space $G/H$ where the stabilizer $H$ of a typical point is an open subgroup of the fixed point set of an involution ...
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Do there exist non-totally geodesic isometric minimal immersions $\mathbb{H}^2\rightarrow G/K.$
Suppose $G$ is a non-compact, semi-simple Lie group, of rank at least two, with maximal compact subgroup $K$ and $G/K$ the corresponding Riemannian symmetric space. Let $\mathbb{H}^2(-c^2)$ be the 2-...
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Finding density of Haar measure relative to the Liouville volume measure on $\frac{G^{\mathbb{C}}}{P}$
Let $G$ be a connected compact Lie group and $G^{\mathbb{C}}$ be the complexification of the Lie group $G$ then we know that by polar decomposition we can write $G^{\mathbb{C}}\cong G\times \mathfrak{...
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How come Cartan did not notice the close relationship between symmetric spaces and isoparametric hypersurfaces?
Elie Cartan made fundamental contributions to the theory of Lie groups and their geometrical applications. Among those, we can list the introduction of the remarkable family of Riemannian symmetric ...
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