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Four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous Ricci solitons

Differential Geometry 2015-02-03 v4

Abstract

We consider four-dimensional homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds with non-trivial isotropy and completely classify the cases giving rise to non-trivial homogeneous Ricci solitons. In particular, we show the existence of non-compact homogeneous (and also invariant) pseudo-Riemannian Ricci solitons which are not isometric to solvmanifolds, and of conformally flat homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian Ricci solitons which are not symmetric.

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@article{arxiv.1111.6384,
  title  = {Four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous Ricci solitons},
  author = {Giovanni Calvaruso and Anna Fino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6384},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages; Final version, to appear in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics