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arxiv: math/0407337 · v1 · pith:WDOVK75Nnew · submitted 2004-07-20 · 🧮 math.DG · math-ph· math.MP

Projective Lichnerowicz-Obata conjecture

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We solve two classical conjectures by showing that if an action of a connected Lie group on a complete Riemannian manifold preserves the geodesics (considered as unparameterized curves), then the metric has constant positive sectional curvature, or the group acts by affine transformations.

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