Nonexistence conjecture for compact Clifford–Klein forms of SO(2,2m+1)/SU(1,m)

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For m≥1m\geq 1, consider the homogeneous space

SO⁡(2,2m+1)/SU⁡(1,m).\operatorname{SO}(2,2m+1)/\operatorname{SU}(1,m).

A compact Clifford–Klein form is a compact quotient of this space by a discrete group acting properly.

Nonexistence conjecture for SO⁡(2,2m+1)/SU⁡(1,m)\operatorname{SO}(2,2m+1)/\operatorname{SU}(1,m). The homogeneous space

SO⁡(2,2m+1)/SU⁡(1,m)\operatorname{SO}(2,2m+1)/\operatorname{SU}(1,m)

does not have a compact Clifford–Klein form.

The paper presents this as a special case of the general reductive-subgroup conjecture because no suitable reductive subgroup exists in this case. The supplied text gives no evidence that this special case has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Hee Oh and Dave Witte, “Compact Clifford-Klein forms of homogeneous spaces of SO(2,n)”, arXiv:math/9902050 (1999).

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