On Cohomogeneity One Linear Actions On Pseudo-euclidean Space ${\mathbb{R}}^{p,q}$

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study cohomogeneity one isometric linear actions on the $p+q$-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space ${\mathbb{R}}^{p,q}$. It is proved that the natural isometric action of the nilpotent factor of an Iwasawa decomposition of $SO(p,q)$ is not of cohomogeneity one. The orbits of cohomogeneity one actions of some subgroups of a maximal parabolic subgroup of the isometry group of ${\mathbb{R}}^{p,q}$ are determined and it is proved that there exist cohomogeneity one isometric actions on ${\mathbb{R}}^{p,q}$ which are orbit-equivalent on the complement of a $p$-dimensional degenerate subspace ${\mathbb{W}}^p$ of ${\mathbb{R}}^{p,q}$ and not orbit-equivalent on $\mathbb{W}p$.

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