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Left invariant Lorentzian metrics and curvatures on non-unimodular Lie groups of dimension three

Differential Geometry 2022-09-07 v1

Abstract

For each connected and simply connected three-dimensional non-unimodular Lie group, we classify the left invariant Lorentzian metrics up to automorphism, and study the extent to which curvature can be altered by a change of metric. Thereby we obtain the Ricci operator, the scalar curvature, and the sectional curvatures as functions of left invariant Lorentzian metrics on the three-dimensional non-unimodular Lie groups. Our study is a continuation and extension of the previous studies done in \cite{HL2009_MN} for Riemannian metrics on three-dimensional Lie groups and in \cite{BC} for Lorentzian metrics on three-dimensional unimodular Lie groups.

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@article{arxiv.2209.02208,
  title  = {Left invariant Lorentzian metrics and curvatures on non-unimodular Lie groups of dimension three},
  author = {Ku Yong Ha and Jong Bum Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.02208},
  year   = {2022}
}

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40 pages