Lie groups which admit flat left invariant metrics
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- by John R. Herring and John J. O’Sullivan PDF
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Abstract:
Let $G$ be a Lie group which admits a flat left invariant metric. We show that any nonflat left invariant metric on $G$ has conjugate points and we describe how some of the conjugate points arise.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1981 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1981), 257-260
- MSC: Primary 53C20; Secondary 53C30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0609662-5
- MathSciNet review: 609662