Submersion and homogeneous spray geometry

Abstract

We introduce the submersion between two spray structures and propose the submersion technique in spray geometry. Using this technique, as well as global invariant frames on a Lie group, we setup the general theoretical framework for homogeneous spray geometry. We define the spray vector field $\eta$ and the connection operator $N$ for a homogeneous spray manifold $(G/H,\mathbf{G})$ with a linear decomposition $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{h}+\mathfrak{m}$. These notions generalize their counter parts in homogeneous Finsler geometry. We prove the correspondence between $\mathbf{G}$ and $\eta$ when the given decomposition is reductive, and that between geodesics on $(G/H,\mathbf{G})$ and integral curves of $-\eta$. We find the ordinary differential equations on $\mathfrak{m}$ describing parallel translations on $(G/H,\mathbf{G})$, and we calculate the S-curvature and Riemann curvature of $(G/H,\mathbf{G})$, generalizing L. Huang's curvature formulae for homogeneous Finsler manifolds.