A method due to É. Cartan was used to algebraically classify the possible four-dimensional manifolds that allow a (2, 2)-signature metric with a transitive group action which acts by isometries. These manifolds are classified according to the Lie algebra of the group action. There are six possibilities: four non-parameterized Lie algebras, one discretely parameterized family, and one family parameterized by R.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTAHS/oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:etd-8249 |
| Date | 01 May 2004 |
| Creators | Renner, Andrew |
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| Source Sets | Utah State University |
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| Type | text |
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| Source | All Graduate Theses and Dissertations |
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