The projective interpretation of the eight 3-dimensional homogeneous geometries
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The projective interpretation of the eight 3-dimensional homogeneous geometries
zbMATH Open document ID: 0889.51021
author: Emil Molnár
published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie
publication date: 1998-01-22T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/226530
full work available at URL: no.2
review text: Let \(X\) be a 3-dimensional simply connected complete Riemannian manifold, and let \(G\) be the group of all isometries of \(X\). The pair \((X,G)\) is called a 3-dimensional (homogeneous) geometry, if \(G\) acts transitively on \(X\) and there is a discrete subgroup \(\Gamma\) of \(G\) such that the quotient of \(X\) modulo \(\Gamma\) is compact. \textit{W. P. Thurston} proved in [Bull. Am. Math. Soc., New. Ser. 6, 357-379 (1982; Zbl 0496.57005)], that any 3-dimensional geometry \((X,G)\) is equivariantly equivalent to one of the eight spaces \(E^3\), \(H^3\), \(S^3\), \(S^2\times R\), \(H^2\times R\), \(\widetilde{\text{SL}}_2\text{R}\), \(\mathbf{Nil}\) and \(\mathbf{Sol}\), with \(G=\text{Isom}(X)\). In Felix Klein's spirit the author constructs in great detail embeddings of these geometries in the 3-dimensional real projective space \(P_3\)R (together with a suitable bilinear form), where \(G\) appears as a subgroup of the collineation group of \(P_3R\). These embeddings are evident if \(X\) is \(E^3\), \(H^3\), or \(S^3\). For most of the other spaces, however, this is much more complicated.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51H25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52C22
zbMATH DE Number: 1066098
zbMATH Keywords: 3-dimensional manifolds
zbMATH Keywords: homogeneous geometries
zbMATH Keywords: projective interpretation
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