An introduction to spherical orbit spaces

Consider a compact, connected Lie group G acting isometrically on a sphere Sn of radius 1. Two-dimensional quotient spaces of the type Sn/G have been investigated extensively. This paper provides an elementary introduction, for nonspecialists, to this important field by way of several classical exa...

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Main Authors: Jill Mcgowan, Catherine Searle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2002-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171202012115
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Summary:Consider a compact, connected Lie group G acting isometrically on a sphere Sn of radius 1. Two-dimensional quotient spaces of the type Sn/G have been investigated extensively. This paper provides an elementary introduction, for nonspecialists, to this important field by way of several classical examples and supplies an explicit list of all the isotropy subgroups involved in these examples.
ISSN:0161-1712
1687-0425