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isometry group

Context

Riemannian geometry

Differential geometry

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Definition

For (X,g) a Riemannian manifold or pseudo-Riemannian manifold its isometry group

Iso(X,g)Diff(X)Iso(X,g) \subset Diff(X)

is that subgroup of the group of all diffeomorphisms ϕ:XX that are isometries: which preserve the metric g in that

ϕ *g=g.\phi^* g = g \,.

Properties

Killing vectors

The Lie algebra of Iso(X,g) is spanned by the Killing vectors of (X,g).

Examples

Created on August 22, 2011 16:22:50 by Urs Schreiber (82.113.99.25)