Weak Lie Symmetry and extended Lie algebra (1212.1590v1)

Abstract: The concept of weak Lie motion (weak Lie symmetry) is introduced through ${\cal{L}}{\xi}{\cal{L}}{\xi}g_{ab}=0,$ (${\cal{L}}{\xi}{\cal{L}}{\xi}f=0$). Applications are given which exhibit a reduction of the usual symmetry, e.g., in the case of the the rotation group. In this context, a particular generalization of Lie algebras is found ("extended Lie algebras") which turns out to be an involutive distribution or a simple example for a tangent Lie algebroid. Riemannian and Lorentz metrics can be introduced on such an algebroid through an extended Cartan-Killing form. Transformation groups from non-relativistic mechanics and quantum mechanics lead to such tangent Lie algebroids and to Lorentz geometries constructed on them (1-dimensional gravitational fields).