Nontrivial homogeneous Vector bundle

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What is an example of a Lie group $ G $ and a subgroup $ G' $, both with finitely many connected components, such that $ G\mathbin{/}G' $ is a nontrivial vector bundle? This is a follow up to

https://mathoverflow.net/questions/345905/homogeneous-manifold-deformation-retracts-onto-compact-submanifold

EDIT:

Take $ G $ to be the connected group
$$
G=SE_2:= \left \{ \
\begin{bmatrix}
a & b & x \\
-b & a & y \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix} : a^2+b^2=1 \right \}
$$

there is a connected group $ V $ of translations up each vertical line
$$
V= \left \{ \
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & y \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix} : y \in \mathbb{R} \right \}
$$

Now if we include the rotation by 180 degrees
$$
\tau:=\begin{bmatrix}
-1 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & -1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1
\end{bmatrix}
$$

Then $G' = \langle V, \tau \rangle$ has two connected components and
$$
G\mathbin{/}G'
$$

is the Moebius band (hopefully? It could still be the cylinder but I don't know how to check)

Best Answer

One example is the Möbius strip, which admits a homogeneous $E(2)$ (or $SE(2)$) structure. To see this note that the set of affine lines in $\mathbb{R}^2$ (A manifold I'll call $M$) is diffeomorphic to the Möbuis strip.

One way to see this is using the projection $M\to\mathbb{RP}^1\cong S^1$ given by mapping each line to the unique parallel line which passes through the origin. Each fiber $\pi^{-1}(l)$ of this projection can be identified with the orthogonal compliment of $l$., and the resulting bundle has typical fiber $\mathbb{R}$ and is nontrivial. (If you're familiar, this construction is equivalent to the tautological line bundle of $\mathbb{RP}^1$.)

This set of lines admits a transitive $E(2)$ action, so we have $M\cong E(2)/G$, where $G$ is the stabilizer of the $x$-axis.