The projective Lichnerowicz–Obata conjecture

Let (Mn,g)(M^n,g) be a complete connected or closed connected semi-Riemannian manifold, and let GG be a connected Lie group acting on MM by projective transformations.

Projective Lichnerowicz–Obata conjecture. Either GG acts on MM by affine transformations, or (Mn,g)(M^n,g) is Riemannian with positive constant sectional curvature.

This conjecture is a global rigidity statement for projective transformation groups of semi-Riemannian manifolds. The supplied source does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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Tianyu Ma, “Geodesic rigidity of Levi-Civita connections admitting essential projective vector fields”, arXiv:1705.00460 (2018).

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