Paper 1, Section II, I

Differential Geometry | Part II, 2020

(a) Let XRNX \subset \mathbb{R}^{N} be a manifold. Give the definition of the tangent space TpXT_{p} X of XX at a point pXp \in X.

(b) Show that X:={x02+x12+x22+x32=1}{x0>0}X:=\left\{-x_{0}^{2}+x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+x_{3}^{2}=-1\right\} \cap\left\{x_{0}>0\right\} defines a submanifold of R4\mathbb{R}^{4} and identify explicitly its tangent space TxXT_{\mathbf{x}} X for any xX\mathbf{x} \in X.

(c) Consider the matrix group O(1,3)R42O(1,3) \subset \mathbb{R}^{4^{2}} consisting of all 4×44 \times 4 matrices AA satisfying

AtMA=MA^{t} M A=M

where MM is the diagonal 4×44 \times 4 matrix M=diag(1,1,1,1)M=\operatorname{diag}(-1,1,1,1).

(i) Show that O(1,3)O(1,3) forms a group under matrix multiplication, i.e. it is closed under multiplication and every element in O(1,3)O(1,3) has an inverse in O(1,3)O(1,3).

(ii) Show that O(1,3)O(1,3) defines a 6-dimensional manifold. Identify the tangent space TAO(1,3)T_{A} O(1,3) for any AO(1,3)A \in O(1,3) as a set {AY}YS\{A Y\}_{Y \in \mathfrak{S}} where YY ranges over a linear subspace SR42\mathfrak{S} \subset \mathbb{R}^{4^{2}} which you should identify explicitly.

(iii) Let XX be as defined in (b) above. Show that O+(1,3)O(1,3)O^{+}(1,3) \subset O(1,3) defined as the set of all AO(1,3)A \in O(1,3) such that AxXA \mathbf{x} \in X for all xX\mathbf{x} \in X is both a subgroup and a submanifold of full dimension.

[You may use without proof standard theorems from the course concerning regular values and transversality.]

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