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Highly Symmetric Homogeneous Spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

L. N. Mann
L. N. Mann*
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst Massachusetts
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We consider effective homogeneous spaces M = G/H where G is a compact connected Lie group, H is a closed subgroup and G acts effectively on M (i.e., H contains no non-trivial subgroup normal in G). It is known that dim G ≦ m2/2 + m/2 where m = dim M and that if dim G = m2/2 + m/2, then M is diffeomorphic to the standard sphere Sm or the standard real projective space RPm [1]. In addition it has been shown that for fixed m there are gaps in the possible dimensions for G below the maximal bound [4; 5].

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1974 , pp. 291 - 293
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1974

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