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Autor principal: Souris, Nikolaos Panagiotis
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Publicado: 2025
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contents Geodesics on Riemannian manifolds are precisely the locally length-minimizing curves, but their explicit description via simple functions is rarely possible. Geodesics of the simplest form, such as lines on Euclidean space and great circles on the round sphere, usually arise as orbits of one-parameter groups of isometries via Lie group actions. Manifolds where all geodesics are such orbits are called geodesic orbit manifolds (or g.o. manifolds), and their understanding and classification spans a quite long and continuous history in Riemannian geometry. In this paper, we classify the left-invariant g.o. metrics on the compact Lie group $G_2$, using the nice representation theoretic behaviour of a class of Lie subgroups called (weakly) regular. We expect that the main tools and insights discussed here will facilitate further classifications of g.o. Lie groups, particularly of lower ranks.
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spellingShingle Geodesic orbit metrics on the compact Lie group $G_2$
Souris, Nikolaos Panagiotis
Differential Geometry
53C25 (Primary), 53C30 (Secondary)
Geodesics on Riemannian manifolds are precisely the locally length-minimizing curves, but their explicit description via simple functions is rarely possible. Geodesics of the simplest form, such as lines on Euclidean space and great circles on the round sphere, usually arise as orbits of one-parameter groups of isometries via Lie group actions. Manifolds where all geodesics are such orbits are called geodesic orbit manifolds (or g.o. manifolds), and their understanding and classification spans a quite long and continuous history in Riemannian geometry. In this paper, we classify the left-invariant g.o. metrics on the compact Lie group $G_2$, using the nice representation theoretic behaviour of a class of Lie subgroups called (weakly) regular. We expect that the main tools and insights discussed here will facilitate further classifications of g.o. Lie groups, particularly of lower ranks.
title Geodesic orbit metrics on the compact Lie group $G_2$
topic Differential Geometry
53C25 (Primary), 53C30 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11125