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Extension of symmetries on Einstein manifolds with boundary

Differential Geometry 2013-05-09 v6

Abstract

We investigate the validity of the isometry extension property for (Riemannian) Einstein metrics on manifolds with boundary. Given a metric on the boundary, this is the issue of whether any Killing field of the boundary metric extends to a Killing field of any bulk or filling Einstein metric inducing the given data on the boundary. Under a mild condition on the fundamental group, this is proved to be the case at least when the Killing field preserves the mean curvature of the boundary.

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@article{arxiv.0704.3373,
  title  = {Extension of symmetries on Einstein manifolds with boundary},
  author = {Michael T. Anderson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.3373},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Correction to proof of main result given in new Appendix