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Klein geometry

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(differential geometry) A type of geometry (mathematical object representing a space and its spatial relationships); a homogeneous space X together with a symmetry group which represents the group action on X of some Lie group;(more formally) an ordered pair (G, H), where G is a Lie group and H a closed Lie subgroup of G such that the left coset space G / H is connected.
Given a Klein geometry



(
G
,
H
)


{\displaystyle (G,H)}

, the group



G


{\displaystyle G}

is called the principal group and



G

/

H


{\displaystyle G/H}

is called the space of the geometry.
The space of a Klein geometry is a smooth manifold of dimension



dim

G

dim

H


{\displaystyle \operatorname {dim} G-\operatorname {dim} H}

.

(loosely) The coset space G / H.

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