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Sibirsk. Mat. Zh., 2012 Volume 53, Number 6, Pages 1292–1309 (Mi smj2383)

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Classification of compact Lorentzian $2$-orbifolds with noncompact full isometry groups

N. I. Zhukova, E. A. Rogozhkina

Lobachevskii Nizhnii Novgorod State University, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia

Abstract: Among closed Lorentzian surfaces, only flat tori can admit noncompact full isometry groups. Moreover, for every $n\ge3$ the standard $n$-dimensional flat torus equipped with canonical metric has a noncompact full isometry Lie group. We show that this fails for $n=2$ and classify the flat Lorentzian metrics on the torus with a noncompact full isometry Lie group. We also prove that every two-dimensional Lorentzian orbifold is very good. This implies the existence of a unique smooth compact $2$-orbifold, called the pillow, admitting Lorentzian metrics with a noncompact full isometry group. We classify the metrics of this type and make some examples.

Keywords: Lorentzian orbifold, Lorentzian surface, isometry group, Anosov automorphism of the torus.

UDC: 514.77

Received: 22.11.2011


 English version:
Siberian Mathematical Journal, 2012, 53:6, 1037–1050

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