Speaker: Karin Melnick, University of Maryland
Title:
A D'Ambra Theorem in conformal Lorentzian geometry
Abstract:
D'Ambra proved in 1988 that the isometry group of a compact, simply
connected, real-analytic Lorentzian manifold must be compact. I will discuss
my recent theorem that the conformal group of such a manifold must also be
compact, and how it relates to the Lorentzian Lichnerowicz Conjecture.
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