Questions tagged [homogeneous-spaces]

This tag is for questions relating to "homogeneous-spaces", a particular class of manifolds that behave per construction very symmetrically under the action of some groups, and they can be fully reconstructed just by looking at their behaviour under curtain actions.

Homogeneous spaces are, in a sense, the nicest examples of Riemannian manifolds and are good spaces on which to test conjecture. Also those are as important in connection with Lie groups and their applications as sets of cosets are in ordinary group theory. Indeed, in the Kleinian view, a geometry consists of a homogeneous space with the group acting as its symmetry group.

Definition: Given a topological group or algebraic group or Lie group, etc., $G$, a homogeneous $G$-space is a topological space or scheme, or smooth manifold etc. with transitive $G$-action.

E.g., A special case of homogeneous spaces are coset spaces arising from the quotient $G/H$ of a group $G$ by a subgroup. For the case of Lie groups this is also called Klein geometry.

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Homogeneous space of SL(3, R)

I am trying to decide whether $spin(3)$(i.e. the unit quaternions) can be realized as a homogeneous space of $SL(3, \mathbb{R})$ but I reach nowhere. Does someone know a reference/answer for this? Thanks!
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Trying to understand homogeneous coordinates

I am trying to understand how homogeneous coordinates work, and think I have an explanation but need to check it is correct. For a homogeneous coordinate $[x,y,1]$, or $[x,y,3]$ does the last number essentially say which $z$-plane the point is lying…
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Why is it not possible to calculate planes in $\mathbb{P}^2$, when vectors in $\mathbb{P}^2$ represent vectors in $\mathbb{R}^3$ !?

question: Why can't I calculate a plane in $\mathbb{P}^2$ with three given points?! Explanation: I've read multiple times that planes in $\mathbb{P}^2$ are not defined. Only lines and points. But with the fact that each vector in $\mathbb{P}^2$ can…
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invariant measure on homogenous space

Let $G$ be a locally compact Hausdorff topological group, and $\Gamma$ be a discrete subgroup of $G$. Is it necessarily true that $G/\Gamma$ has a $G$ invariant measure?
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