S^2 × R geometry

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S² × R geometry is one of Thurston’s eight model geometries, describing 3-manifolds that locally look like the product of a 2-sphere with a line and have isometry groups reflecting this product structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 3-dimensional geometry
Thurston model geometry
admitsCompactQuotients true
appearsIn Thurston’s eight geometries NERFINISHED
baseSpace 2-sphere
classifiedBy William Thurston NERFINISHED
dimension 3
fiber real line
fundamentalGroupOfCompactQuotient extension of Z by finite group
hasCanonicalProjection projection to R factor
projection to S^2 factor
hasConstantCurvature no GENERATED
hasCurvatureInRDirection zero
hasCurvatureInS2Direction positive
hasFactor R
S^2
hasFiniteVolumeCompactModels true
hasModelMetric product of round metric on S^2 and Euclidean metric on R
hasOrientationReversingIsometries true
hasSymmetryType product of spherical and Euclidean symmetries
hasUnderlyingManifold S^2 × R
isDistinctFrom E^3 geometry
H^2 × R geometry
S^3 geometry
isGeodesicallyComplete true
isHomogeneous true
isIsotropic false
isLocallyIsometricTo S^2 × R with product metric
isNotSimplyConnectedCompactly compact quotients have infinite fundamental group
isometryGroup Isom(S^2) × Isom(R)
isometryGroupContains O(3)
R (translations)
SO(3) NERFINISHED
isotropyInRDirection translational symmetry
isotropyInS2Direction full rotational symmetry
isProductGeometry true
isProductOfConstantCurvatureSpaces true
isUniversalCoverOf geometric S^2 × R 3-manifolds
isUsedIn geometrization of 3-manifolds
localModelFor 3-manifolds locally isometric to S^2 × R
occursAsGeometryOf Seifert fibered spaces with spherical base and zero Euler number
relatedTo Seifert fibered spaces NERFINISHED
sectionalCurvatureInPlanesContainingRDirection nonpositive or zero depending on metric choice
sectionalCurvatureInS2Planes constant positive
supports Riemannian product structure
supportsGeometricStructureOn certain 3-manifolds GENERATED
typicalCompactQuotient S^2-bundle over S^1 GENERATED
twisted S^2-bundle over S^1 GENERATED

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