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Naturally reductive pseudo-Riemannian Lie groups in low dimensions

Differential Geometry 2014-09-25 v1

Abstract

This work concerns the non-flat metrics on the Heisenberg Lie group of dimension three \Heis3(\RR)\Heis_3(\RR) and the bi-invariant metrics on the solvable Lie groups of dimension four. On \Heis3(\RR)\Heis_3(\RR) we prove that the property of the metric being naturally reductive is equivalent to the property of the center being non-degenerate. These metrics are Lorentzian algebraic Ricci solitons. We start with the indecomposable Lie groups of dimension four admitting bi-invariant metrics and which act on \Heis3(\RR)\Heis_3(\RR) by isometries and we finally study some geometrical features on these spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1211.0884,
  title  = {Naturally reductive pseudo-Riemannian Lie groups in low dimensions},
  author = {Viviana del Barco and Gabriela P. Ovando and Francisco Vittone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0884},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Keywords: Pseudo-Riemannian spaces, naturally reductive, Lie groups, Heisenberg group

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