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Added tag hyperbolic-geometry, since this is the group of symmetries of hyperbolic n-space
Ian Agol
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Subgroup structure of $\mathrm{SO}(1,n)_0$

A classification (up to conjugacy) of all closed subgroups of the (identity component of the) Lorentz group $\mathrm{SO}(1,3)_0$ in terms of the subalgebras of its Lie algebra was given in

  • R. Shaw. The subgroup structure of the homogeneous Lorentz group. The Quaterly Journal of Mathematics, Oxford 21 (1970) 101-124

(see also the book of Hall: Symmetry and Curvature Structure in General Relativity).

My question is whether there exists a similar classification for $\mathrm{SO}(1,n)_0$, $n\ge 4$.