About the classification of the holonomy algebras of Lorentzian manifolds (Q392722)

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About the classification of the holonomy algebras of Lorentzian manifolds
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6245605

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    About the classification of the holonomy algebras of Lorentzian manifolds (English)
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    15 January 2014
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    As it is known, the classification of the holonomy algebras of Lorentzian manifolds can be reduced to the classification of the irreducible subalgebras \({\mathfrak h}\subset{\mathfrak s}{\mathfrak o}(n)\) that are spanned by the images of linear maps from \(\mathbb R^n\) to \({\mathfrak h}\) satisfying some identity similar to the Bianchi identity. \textit{T. Leistner} [J. Differ. Geom. 76, No. 3, 423--484 (2007; Zbl 1129.53029)] found all these subalgebras and it turned out that the obtained list coincides with the list of irreducible holonomy algebras of Riemannian manifolds. The natural problem is to give a simple direct proof of this fact. In the paper under review, the author gives such a proof for the case of semisimple not simple Lie algebras \({\mathfrak h}\).
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    holonomy algebra
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    Lorentzian manifold
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    Berger algebra
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    weak-Berger algebra
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    Tanaka prolongation
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