Workshop
Infinite dimensional symmetric spaces of Kac-Moody type
- Ernst Heintze (Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany)
Abstract
Quotients of a Kac-Moody group by the fixed point set of an involution are in some sense the closest generalization of Riemannian symmetric spaces to infinite dimensions. These spaces carry a natural metric of Lorentz type but otherwise share many properties with their finite dimensional counter parts.