Kobayashi's classification conjecture for irreducible complex symmetric spaces

Let GC/KCG_\mathbb{C}/K_\mathbb{C} be an irreducible complex symmetric space, where GCG_\mathbb{C} is a complex semisimple Lie group and KCK_\mathbb{C} is the fixed-point subgroup of an involutive holomorphic automorphism, up to the usual finite-component qualification. Kobayashi's classification conjecture. The space GC/KCG_\mathbb{C}/K_\mathbb{C} admits a compact Clifford–Klein form if and only if it is locally isomorphic to either SO(8,C)/SO(7,C)SO(8,\mathbb{C})/SO(7,\mathbb{C}) or a group manifold. The conjecture extends the known examples: Riemannian symmetric spaces and reductive group manifolds admit compact Clifford–Klein forms, while the complex-sphere case predicts the exceptional dimension 77.

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Toshiyuki Kobayashi and Taro Yoshino, “Compact Clifford-Klein forms of symmetric spaces – revisited”, arXiv:math/0509543 (2005).

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