Isometries of products of Riemannian manifolds #
For the product metric on M × N (TauCeti.Geometry.Manifold.Riemannian.Prod.Basic), the product
Φ × Ψ of Riemannian isometries is again a Riemannian isometry. Products of self-isometries give a
group homomorphism Isom(M) × Isom(N) → Isom(M × N), injective when both factors are nonempty.
Consequently a product of homogeneous Riemannian manifolds is homogeneous: if Isom(M) acts
transitively on M and Isom(N) on N, then Isom(M × N) acts transitively on M × N. This is
how the product model geometries S² × ℝ and ℍ² × ℝ among Thurston's eight inherit their
homogeneity from their factors.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.RiemannianIsometry.prodCongr: the product of two Riemannian isometries.TauCeti.RiemannianIsometry.prodCongrHom: the homomorphismIsom(M) × Isom(N) → Isom(M × N).
Main results #
TauCeti.RiemannianIsometry.prodCongrHom_injective: the homomorphism is injective whenMandNare nonempty.TauCeti.RiemannianIsometry.isPretransitive_prod: a product of homogeneous Riemannian manifolds is homogeneous.
References #
- P. Scott, The geometries of 3-manifolds, Bull. London Math. Soc. 15 (1983) 401–487
(the product geometries
S² × ℝandℍ² × ℝ).
The product Φ × Ψ of two Riemannian isometries is a Riemannian isometry between the products,
for the product metrics.
Instances For
When N and N' share a model vector space, the underlying diffeomorphism of a product of
isometries is Mathlib's product of diffeomorphisms.
The inverse of a product of isometries is the product of the inverses.
The product of identity isometries is the identity isometry.
Products of isometries give a group homomorphism Isom(M) × Isom(N) → Isom(M × N).
Instances For
When both factors are nonempty, distinct pairs of isometries give distinct products.
A product of homogeneous Riemannian manifolds is homogeneous: if the isometry groups of M
and of N act transitively, then so does the isometry group of M × N, already through products
of isometries.