In mathematics, a homogeneous space is, very informally, a space that looks the same everywhere, as you move through it, with movement given by the action...
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In mathematics, a principal homogeneous space, or torsor, for a group G is a homogeneous space X for G in which the stabilizer subgroup of every point...
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codomain are vector spaces over a field F: a function f : V → W {\displaystyle f:V\to W} between two F-vector spaces is homogeneous of degree k {\displaystyle...
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Thus any symmetric space is a reductive homogeneous space, but there are many reductive homogeneous spaces which are not symmetric spaces. The key feature...
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{\mathcal {H}}} . Thus, anti-de Sitter is a reductive homogeneous space, and a non-Riemannian symmetric space. A d S n {\displaystyle \mathrm {AdS} _{n}} is...
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Euclidean space is the fundamental space of geometry, intended to represent physical space. Originally, in Euclid's Elements, it was the three-dimensional...
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space of dimension n is the unique simply connected, n-dimensional Riemannian manifold of constant sectional curvature equal to −1. It is homogeneous...
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Maurer–Cartan form (section On a homogeneous space)
symmetry on a space, where the symmetries of the space were transformations forming a Lie group. The geometries of interest were homogeneous spaces G/H, but...
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(orthonormal k-frames) are still homogeneous spaces for the orthogonal group, but not principal homogeneous spaces: any k-frame can be taken to any other...
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Generalized flag variety (redirect from Projective homogeneous variety)
variety (or simply flag variety) is a homogeneous space whose points are flags in a finite-dimensional vector space V over a field F. When F is the real...
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Complexification (Lie group) (redirect from Complex structures on homogeneous spaces)
space, so that P = Po. The homogeneous space GC / P has a complex structure, because P is a complex subgroup. The orbit in complex projective space is...
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Function space G-space Geometric space Green space (topological space) Hardy space Hausdorff space Heisenberg space Hilbert space Homogeneous space Inner...
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projective space being considered. For example, two homogeneous coordinates are required to specify a point on the projective line and three homogeneous coordinates...
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{\displaystyle k} -frames) are still homogeneous spaces for the orthogonal group, but not principal homogeneous spaces: any k {\displaystyle k} -frame can...
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Lorentz group (redirect from Homogeneous Lorentz group)
timelike vector, so the homogeneous space SO+(1, 3) / SO(3) is the momentum space of a massive particle; geometrically, this space is none other than three-dimensional...
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Riemannian manifold (redirect from Riemann space)
Lie groups and homogeneous spaces are defined intrinsically by using group actions to transport an inner product on a single tangent space to the entire...
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system. The displacement vectors for that affine space are the solutions of the corresponding homogeneous linear system, which is a linear subspace. Linear...
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vector space, in conjunction with an origin) often used to study the extrinsic differential geometry of smooth manifolds embedded in a homogeneous space. In...
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vector space. For a given n the elements of V n {\displaystyle V_{n}} are then called homogeneous elements of degree n. Graded vector spaces are common...
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Fiber bundle (redirect from Base space)
group G {\displaystyle G} is given, so that each fiber is a principal homogeneous space. The bundle is often specified along with the group by referring to...
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Klein geometry (redirect from Reductive homogeneous space)
Klein in his influential Erlangen program. More specifically, it is a homogeneous space X together with a transitive action on X by a Lie group G, which acts...
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Mixture (redirect from Homogeneous (chemistry))
for homogeneous mixture and "non-uniform mixture" is another term for heterogeneous mixture. These terms are derived from the idea that a homogeneous mixture...
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the dual space, a homogeneous space for SU(2) and SL(2,C). Irreducible compact Hermitian symmetric spaces are exactly the homogeneous spaces of simple...
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{HP} ^{n}} and is a closed manifold of (real) dimension 4n. It is a homogeneous space for a Lie group action, in more than one way. The quaternionic projective...
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The geometry of a n-dimensional space can also be described with Riemannian geometry. An isotropic and homogeneous space can be described by the metric:...
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Cartan connection (redirect from Cartan space)
Cartan connections describe the geometry of manifolds modelled on homogeneous spaces. The theory of Cartan connections was developed by Élie Cartan, as...
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Erlangen program (category Homogeneous spaces)
deeper and more general). In other words, the "traditional spaces" are homogeneous spaces; but not for a uniquely determined group. Changing the group...
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function defined by a homogeneous polynomial. A binary form is a form in two variables. A form is also a function defined on a vector space, which may be expressed...
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MR0048803 "One-dimensional cohomology group of locally compact metrically homogeneous space." Duke Mathematical Journal 19, no. 2 (1952): 303–310. MR0047672 "Complex...
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mean operator to homogeneous spaces. Instead of integrating over spheres, one integrates over generalized spheres: for a homogeneous space X = G/H, a generalized...
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