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Einstein metrics on aligned homogeneous spaces with two factors

Differential Geometry 2025-02-20 v2

Abstract

Given two homogeneous spaces of the form G_1/K and G_2/K, where G_1 and G_2 are compact simple Lie groups, we study the existence problem for G_1xG_2-invariant Einstein metrics on the homogeneous space M=G_1xG_2/K. For the large subclass C of spaces having three pairwise inequivalent isotropy irreducible summands (12 infinite families and 70 sporadic examples), we obtain that existence is equivalent to the existence of a real root for certain quartic polynomial depending on the dimensions and two Killing constants, which allows a full classification and the possibility to weigh the existence and non-existence pieces of C.

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@article{arxiv.2408.00456,
  title  = {Einstein metrics on aligned homogeneous spaces with two factors},
  author = {Jorge Lauret and Cynthia Will},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.00456},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

23 pages, 5 figures. Final version accepted in J. London Math. Soc