Low cohomogeneity and polar actions on exceptional compact Lie groups

Ergodic Actions of Semisimple Lie Groups on Compact Principal Bundles

Let G = SL(n, R) (or, more generally, let G be a connected, noncompact, simple Lie group). For any compact Lie group K, it is easy to find a compact manifold M , such that there is a volume-preserving, connection-preserving, ergodic action of G on some smooth, principal K-bundle P over M. Can M can be chosen independent of K? We show that if M = H / A is a homogeneous space, and the action of G...

Differentiable Actions of Compact Abelian Lie Groups on S»

Lie group actions on compact

Let G be a homotopically trivial and effective compact Lie group action on a compact manifold N of nonpositive curvature. Under certain assumptions on N we prove that if G has dimension equal to rank of Center π1(N), then G must be connected. Furthermore, if on N there exists a point having negative definite Ricci tensor, then we show that G is the trivial group.

Exceptional Lie groups

Now, in the present book, we describe simply connected compact exceptional simple Lie groups G2, F4, E6, E7, E8, in very elementary way. The contents are given as follows. We first construct all simply connected compact exceptional Lie groups G concretely. Next, we find all involutive automorphisms σ of G, and determine the group structures of the fixed points subgroup G by σ. Note that they co...

Probability on Compact Lie Groups