Reflection groups on Riemannian manifolds

被引:9
作者
Alekseevsky, Dmitri V.
Kriegl, Andreas
Losik, Mark
Michor, Peter W.
机构
[1] Univ Hull, Dept Math, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N Humberside, England
[2] Univ Vienna, Fak Math, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
[3] Sartov State Univ, Saratov 410026, Russia
[4] Erwin Schrodinger Inst Math Phys, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
关键词
reflection groups; isometries;
D O I
10.1007/s10231-005-0166-4
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We investigate discrete groups G of isometries of a complete connected Riemannian manifold M which are generated by reflections, in particular those generated by disecting reflections. We show that these are Coxeter groups, and that the orbit space M/G is isometric to a Weyl chamber C which is a Riemannian manifold with corners and certain angle conditions along intersections of faces. We can also reconstruct the manifold and its action from the Riemannian chamber and its equipment of isotropy group data along the faces. We also discuss these results from the point of view of Riemannian orbifolds.
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页码:25 / 58
页数:34
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