The Paley–Wiener theorem for certain nilpotent Lie groupsJean

We generalize the classical Paley–Wiener theorem to special types of connected, simply connected, nilpotent Lie groups: First we consider nilpotent Lie groups whose Lie algebra admits an ideal which is a polarization for a dense subset of generic linear forms on the Lie algebra. Then we consider nilpotent Lie groups such that the co-adjoint orbits of all the elements of a dense subset of the dual of the Lie algebra 𝔤^* are flat (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On the supports of absolutely continuous Gauss measures on connected Lie groups

The behaviour of the supports of an absolutely continuous Gauss semigroup on certain Lie groups is discussed. It is shown that on a connected nilpotent Lie group any absolutely continuous Gauss semigroup has full supports but on compact connected Lie groups which are not Abelian there exist absolutely continuous Gauss semigroups which do not have common supports.     

SUBGROUP DISTORTIONS IN NILPOTENT GROUPS

The explicit formula for the distortion function of a connected Lie subgroup in a connected simply connected nilpotent Lie group is obtained. In particular, we prove that a function f: N → R can be realized (up to equivalence) as the distortion function of a connected Lie subgroup in a connected simply connected nilpotent Lie group if and only if f ～ n^r for some nonnegative r ∈ Q. Considering lattices in Lie groups, we establish the analogous results for finitely generated nilpotent groups.     

Product decompositions of solvable Lie groups

Summary The article investigate the structure of real solvable connected Lie groups. It is described how one can decompose a solvable Lie group in direct and semidirect products of closed connected subgroups. In particular, the commutator group, Cartan subgroups, the center, maximal compactly embedded subgroups and tori are considered. Furthermore, one can find special solvable Lie groups and their product decompositions, namely compactly generated solvable Lie groups and those Lie groups which are generated by maximal compactly embedded subgroups. This article was processed by the author using the LATEX style filecljour1 from Springer-Verlag.     

On the local and asymptotic behavior of Brownian motion on simply connected nilpotent Lie groups

The aim of this paper is to study the local and asymptotic behavior of Brownian motion on simply connected nilpotent Lie groups. We carry over a qualitative version of the Erdös-Rényi law of large numbers for Brownian motion to simply connected step 2-nilpotent Lie groups. The method applied gives rise to a proof for qualitative results concerning the modulus of continuity of Brownian motion on simply connected step 3-resp. step 2-nilpotent Lie groups without using the Ventsel-Freidlin theory as in Baldi.     

Assouad–Nagata dimension of connected Lie groups

We prove that the asymptotic Assouad–Nagata dimension of a connected Lie group G equipped with a left-invariant Riemannian metric coincides with its topological dimension of G/C where C is a maximal compact subgroup. To prove it we will compute the Assouad–Nagata dimension of connected solvable Lie groups and semisimple Lie groups. As a consequence we show that the asymptotic Assouad–Nagata dimension of a polycyclic group equipped with a word metric is equal to its Hirsch length and that some wreath-type finitely generated groups can not be quasi-isometrically embedded into any cocompact lattice on a connected Lie group.     

Metric properties on Lie groups of polynomial volume growth

It is well known that we have an algebraic characterization of connected Lie groups of polynomial volume growth: a Lie group G has polynomial volume growth if and only if it is of type R. In this paper, we shall give a geometric characterization of connected Lie groups of polynomial volume growth in terms of the distance distortion of the subgroups. More precisely, we prove that a connected Lie group G has polynomial volume growth if and only if every closed subgroup has a polynomial distortion in G.     

On Normal Subgroups of Semisimple Lie Groups

We prove that normal subgroups of a finite dimensional real, not necessarily connected, Lie group with semisimple Lie algebra are closed. This generalizes a result of Ragozin (Proc AMS 32:632–633, 1972) who proved this for connected Lie groups; our proof is new even in this special case.     

Connected finite loop spaces with maximal tori

Finite loop spaces are a generalization of compact Lie groups. However, they do not enjoy all of the nice properties of compact Lie groups. For example, having a maximal torus is a quite distinguished property. Actually, an old conjecture, due to Wilkerson, says that every connected finite loop space with a maximal torus is equivalent to a compact connected Lie group. We give some more evidence for this conjecture by showing that the associated action of the Weyl group on the maximal torus always represents the Weyl group as a crystallographic group. We also develop the notion of normalizers of maximal tori for connected finite loop spaces, and prove for a large class of connected finite loop spaces that a connected finite loop space with maximal torus is equivalent to a compact connected Lie group if it has the right normalizer of the maximal torus. Actually, in the cases under consideration the information about the Weyl group is sufficient to give the answer. All this is done by first studying the analogous local problems.

     

Three-Dimensional Topological Loops with Solvable Multiplication Groups

We prove that each 3-dimensional connected topological loop L having a solvable Lie group of dimension ≤5 as the multiplication group of L is centrally nilpotent of class 2. Moreover, we classify the solvable non-nilpotent Lie groups G which are multiplication groups for 3-dimensional simply connected topological loops L and dim G ≤ 5. These groups are direct products of proper connected Lie groups and have dimension 5. We find also the inner mapping groups of L.     

Induction of Geometric Actions

We prove that, in some situations, an induced action from a normal subgroup preserves a geometric structure. Combined with known geometric rigidity results, this result implies certain rigidity statements concerning the full diffeomorphism group of a manifold. It also provides many examples of actions on Lorentz manifolds. Combining these with a small number of well-known actions, we get the full list of connected, simply connected Lie groups admitting a locally faithful, orbit nonproper action by isometries of a connected Lorentz manifold. We give an example of a connected nilpotent Lie group with no complicated action on a Lorentz manifold. We show that, if a connected Lie group has a normal closed subgroup isomorphic to a (two-dimensional) cylinder, then it admits a locally faithful, orbit nonproper action by isometries of a connected Lorentz manifold.     

The homotopy types of compact lie groups

Hans Scheerer proved that if two simply connected compact Lie groups are homotopically equivalent, then the groups are isomorphic. We give a conceptually simpler proof which shows that the result depends only on the 2 and 3 primary homotopy of the Lie groups.     

New properties of lattices in Lie groups

We study finite extension groups of lattices in Lie groups which have finitely many connected components. We show that every non-cocompact Fuchsian group (these are the non-cocompact lattices in $\text{PSL}\text{(2,}\text{R}\text{)}$) has an extension group of finite index which is not isomorphic to a lattice in a Lie group with finitely many connected components. On the other hand we prove that these are, in an appropriate sense, the only lattices in Lie groups which have extension groups of this kind. We also show that an extension group of finite index of a lattice in a Lie group with finitely many connected components has only finitely many conjugacy classes of finite subgroups. To cite this article: F. Grunewald, V. Platonov, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Geometric presentations of Lie groups and their Dehn functions

We study the Dehn function of connected Lie groups. We show that this function is always exponential or polynomially bounded, according to the geometry of weights and of the 2-cohomology of their Lie algebras. Our work, which also addresses algebraic groups over local fields, uses and extends Abels’ theory of multiamalgams of graded Lie algebras, in order to provide workable presentations of these groups.     

Invariant affinor metric structures on Lie groups

We introduce the class of special metric structures on Lie groups which are connected with the radical of a fixed 1-form on a Lie group. These structures are called affinor metric structures. We introduce and study some special classes of invariant affinor metric structures and generalize many results of the theory of contact metric structures on Lie groups.     

Some two-step and three-step nilpotent Lie groups with small automorphism groups

We construct examples of two-step and three-step nilpotent Lie groups whose automorphism groups are ``small' in the sense of either not having a dense orbit for the action on the Lie group, or being nilpotent (the latter being stronger). From the results we also get new examples of compact manifolds covered by two-step simply connected nilpotent Lie groups which do not admit Anosov automorphisms.

     

Isometries of Quaternionic Lie Groups

We study connected Lie groups whose Lie algebra is obtained as the tensor product of a real associative algebra and the algebra of quaternions. It is proved that they carry a natural integrable -structure. We endow such quaternionic Lie groups with a left-invariant Hermitian metric and study the identity connected component of their isometry groups. The determination of such identity connected component is illustrated with a family of examples.     

Stable rank of the reduced -algebras of non-amenable Lie groups of type I

In this paper we show that stable rank of the reduced -algebras of connected non-compact real semi-simple Lie groups is estimated by real rank of these groups. We extend this result to the case of connected reductive Lie groups and partially even to the case of connected non-amenable real Lie groups of type I. As a corollary, we show that the product formula of stable rank holds for locally compact, -compact non-amenable groups of type I.

     

Abnormal Extremals of Left-Invariant Sub-Finsler Quasimetrics on Four-Dimensional Lie Groups with Three-Dimensional Generating Distributions

Siberian Mathematical Journal - We find the three-dimensional subspaces of four-dimensional Lie algebras which generate the algebras, as well as abnormal extremals on the connected Lie groups...