Saturday, June 11, 2016

differential geometry - Coset space and transitiviy


I have a question regarding coset space or homogeneous space SO(n+1)/SO(n) which is simply Sn. I need some intuition regarding this result.


As everyone knows that for a simple case of SO(3)/SO(2), one can have SO(3) as a group acting on R3 and SO(2) as an isotropy group of xR3, then the group SO(3) acts transitively on S2 and we get S2 as the coset.


Since the result is just 2-sphere or n-sphere, is there an intuitive way of seeing it?




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