Knots in S2 × S1 derived from Sym(2, ℝ)

Sang Youl Lee, Yongdo Lim, Chan Young Park

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Abstract

We realize closed geodesics on the real conformal compactification of the space V = Sym(2, ℝ) of all 2 × 2 real symmetric matrices as knots or 2-component links in S2 × S1 and show that these knots or links have certain types of symmetry of period 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-252
Number of pages12
JournalFundamenta Mathematicae
Volume164
Issue number3
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 2-periodic knot
  • Geodesic
  • Shilov boundary
  • Symmetric matrix

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