Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series A, Mathematical Sciences

Proper actions of $SL(2,\mathbf{C})$ on irreducible complex symmetric spaces

Katsuki Teduka

Abstract

We classify irreducible complex symmetric spaces that admit proper $SL(2,\mathbf{C})$-actions.$^{*}$

Article information

Source
Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., Volume 84, Number 7 (2008), 107-111.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 17 July 2008

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1216308251

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3792/pjaa.84.107

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2450061

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1156.22018

Citation

Teduka, Katsuki. Proper actions of $SL(2,\mathbf{C})$ on irreducible complex symmetric spaces. Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 84 (2008), no. 7, 107--111. doi:10.3792/pjaa.84.107. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1216308251

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