The one-dimensional transverse Killing quotient conjecture for locally homogeneous pp-waves

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Let (M,g)({\cal M},\mathrm{g}) be an indecomposable locally homogeneous pp-wave of dimension greater than 33. Let VV denote the parallel null vector field of the pp-wave, let k\mathfrak{k} be its Lie algebra of Killing vector fields, and let k(V)\mathfrak{k}(V) be the subalgebra consisting of Killing vector fields tangent to VV^\perp. The quotient k/k(V)\mathfrak{k}/\mathfrak{k}(V) measures Killing directions not tangent to VV^\perp. The one-dimensional transverse Killing quotient conjecture. The Lie algebra quotient k/k(V)\mathfrak{k}/\mathfrak{k}(V) is one-dimensional. For strongly indecomposable plane waves, the analogous upper bound is proved in the source; the conjecture asks whether it remains true for arbitrary indecomposable locally homogeneous pp-waves in dimensions greater than 33.

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Wolfgang Globke and Thomas Leistner, “Locally homogeneous pp-waves”, arXiv:1410.3572 (2014).

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