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Differential Geometry and Symmetric Spaces
Sigurdur Helgason
- 01 Jan 1962
TL;DR: In this article, the classification of symmetric spaces has been studied in the context of Lie groups and Lie algebras, and a list of notational conventions has been proposed.
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Abstract: Elementary differential geometry Lie groups and Lie algebras Structure of semisimple Lie algebras Symmetric spaces Decomposition of symmetric spaces Symmetric spaces of the noncompact type Symmetric spaces of the compact type Hermitian symmetric spaces On the classification of symmetric spaces Functions on symmetric spaces Bibliography List of notational conventions Symbols frequently used Author index Subject index Reviews for the first edition.
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On a class of foliations and the evaluation of their characteristic classes
Abstract: This note discusses a class of foliations and a technique for evaluating the generalized Godbillon-Vey invariants on these foliations. The information obtained yields information about the cohomology of the Haefliger spaces H*(Brn, R) and H*(FT r n, R), r > 2. The class of foliations contains examples which have been studied by others as well. In particular, the foliations examined in [KT2] and in [Y] are of this type. Let G be a complex semisimple Lie group. There is a class of subgroups of G called parabolic subgroups, and the conjugacy classes of these subgroups are in 1-1 correspondence with subsets of the Dynkin diagram for 3 e , the Lie algebra of G (see [S] for a more detailed exposition). If P° is a parabolic subgroup then the Lie algebra P c of P^ can be written in the form V ~ Gf{ ® Tf ® N°. Here Ĝ is semisimple and has a Dynkin diagram obtained by removing the subset of vertices mentioned above from the Dynkin diagram for G. T? is an abelian subalgebra of G9G^ ® T*{ contains a Cartan subalgebra of G , and W is a nilpotent subalgebra. In fact, G = G? ® T? ® W ® W~ where M~ is a nilpotent subalgebra isomorphic to N, and [G^, T^] = 0 , [G^ ® TÇ, N C ] CW, [G?©Tf ,Wc ] c r c . Now let G be a real form of (f such that G = Gt ® Tt ® M ® N~ where Gt = Gf n G, etc. Then G has a subalgebra P = Gx ® Tx ® W. If G has Lie algebra G, then there is a discrete subgroup, F C G, with T\G a compact manifold (see [R]\ and the left translates of P determine a foliation on T\G. This is the foliation we study. Let Wn = Pn [cx, . . . , cn] ® A*(MX , . •. , un) be the cochain complex with deg ct = 2i, deg u( = 2/ 1, dct = 0, dui = cv Pn [ct, ... , cn] is the polynomial algebra in cx, . . . , cn, truncated above deg 2n where n is the codimension of the above foliation. There is a map ?: H*(Wn, R) —> H*(F\G, R) giving characteristic classes for the foliation (see [BT] for the construction of y). We analyse this map