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Generalised Einstein metrics on Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2024-07-24 v1

Abstract

We continue the systematic study of left-invariant generalised Einstein metrics on Lie groups initiated in arXiv:2206.01157. Our approach is based on a new reformulation of the corresponding algebraic system. For a fixed Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g}, the unknowns of the system consist of a scalar product gg and a 33-form HH on g\mathfrak{g} as well as a linear form δ\delta on gg\mathfrak{g}\oplus\mathfrak{g}^*. As in arXiv:2206.01157, the Lie bracket of g\mathfrak{g} is considered part of the unknowns. In the Riemannian case, we show that the generalised Einstein condition always reduces to the commutator ideal and we provide a full classification of solvable generalised Einstein Lie groups. In the Lorentzian case, under the additional assumption δ=0\delta=0, we classify -- up to one case -- all almost Abelian generalised Einstein Lie groups. We then particularize to four dimensions and provide a full classification of generalised Einstein Riemannian Lie groups as well as generalised Einstein Lorentzian Lie groups with δ=0\delta =0 and non-degenerate commutator ideal.

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@article{arxiv.2407.16562,
  title  = {Generalised Einstein metrics on Lie groups},
  author = {Vicente Cortés and Marco Freibert and Mateo Galdeano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.16562},
  year   = {2024}
}

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58 pages

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