homogeneous space

A space with a transitive group action \(G\curvearrowright F_b\) making \(F_b \cong G/G_x\).

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  • automorphic form

    Rewriting the half-plane as a homogeneous space: let \({\operatorname{SL}}_2({\mathbf{R}})\curvearrowright{\mathbb{H}}\) on the right by \(z\curvearrowleft{ \begin{bmatrix} {a} & {b} \\ {c} & {d} \end{bmatrix} }\coloneqq{ax + b\over cx+d}\), then the stabilizer at \(i\) is \({\operatorname{Stab}}_{{\operatorname{SL}}_2({\mathbf{R}})}(i) = \left\{{{ \begin{bmatrix} {a} & {b} \\ {-b} & {a} \end{bmatrix} }}\right\} = {\operatorname{SO}}_2({\mathbf{R}})\). So \begin{align*} {\mathbb{H}}\cong \dcoset{1}{{\operatorname{SL}}_2({\mathbf{R}})}{{\operatorname{Stab}}_{{\operatorname{SL}}_2({\mathbf{R}})}(i) } = \dcoset{1}{{\operatorname{SL}}_2({\mathbf{R}})}{{\operatorname{SO}}_2({\mathbf{R}}) } \end{align*}

  • Borel
    A subgroup \(P\leq G\) is parabolic iff \(P\) contains a Borel subgroup, iff the homogeneous space \(G/P\) is a complete variety.