On the automorphism group of a compact Lorentz manifold and other geometric manifolds

DOI10.1007/BF01394415zbMath0591.53026MaRDI QIDQ1074873

Robert J. Zimmer

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/143320

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groupLorentz manifoldG-structureKazhdan groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) General properties and structure of real Lie groups (22E15) (G)-structures (53C10)

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