The isometry group of a Riemannian manifold #
The smooth Riemannian self-isometries of M form a group Isom(M) under composition. This file
defines TauCeti.Isom I M as RiemannianIsometry I I M M and equips it with that group structure,
using the convention of Equiv.Perm and of the self-diffeomorphism group: Φ * Ψ = Ψ.trans Φ acts
as Φ ∘ Ψ. Forgetting the metric condition is an injective group homomorphism to the
diffeomorphism group. The action of Isom(M) on M is in
TauCeti.Geometry.Manifold.Riemannian.Isometry.Action.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.Isom I M: the isometry group of the Riemannian manifoldM.TauCeti.RiemannianIsometry.instGroup: the group of Riemannian self-isometries.TauCeti.RiemannianIsometry.toDiff: the injective homomorphism to the diffeomorphism group.
References #
- J. M. Lee, Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds, 2nd ed., Springer GTM 176, Chapter 2 (isometries and homogeneous Riemannian manifolds).
- P. Scott, The geometries of 3-manifolds, Bull. London Math. Soc. 15 (1983) 401–487 (model geometries as homogeneous spaces of their isometry groups).
Isom I M is the isometry group Isom(M) of the Riemannian manifold M modelled on I: its
smooth Riemannian self-isometries under composition.
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The identity isometry is the unit of the isometry group.
Multiplication of isometries is composition: Φ * Ψ follows Ψ then Φ, so that it acts as
Φ ∘ Ψ, matching the Equiv.Perm convention.
The inverse in the isometry group is the inverse isometry.
The smooth Riemannian self-isometries of M form a group under composition, with
multiplication acting as function composition.
The unit of the isometry group is the identity isometry.
Multiplication in the isometry group is RiemannianIsometry.trans in composition order.
Inversion in the isometry group is the inverse isometry.
The unit isometry coerces to the identity function.
Multiplication of isometries coerces to function composition.
The inverse in the isometry group coerces to the inverse isometry.
Multiplication of isometries applies the right factor, then the left.
The unit isometry fixes every point.
The inverse in the isometry group acts as the inverse isometry.
The underlying diffeomorphism of the unit isometry is the unit diffeomorphism.
The underlying diffeomorphism preserves multiplication of isometries.
The underlying diffeomorphism preserves inversion of isometries.
The forgetful group homomorphism from the isometry group to the diffeomorphism group, sending an isometry to its underlying smooth diffeomorphism.
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The forgetful homomorphism to the diffeomorphism group forgets the metric condition.
The forgetful homomorphism to the diffeomorphism group is injective, so the isometry group is a subgroup of the diffeomorphism group.