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We discuss (arbitrary-dimensional) Lorentzian manifolds and the scalar polynomial curvature invariants constructed from the Riemann tensor and its covariant derivatives. Recently, we have shown that in four dimensions a Lorentzian spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Alan Coley , Sigbjorn Hervik , Nicos Pelavas

This survey deals with two closely connected topics: first, the stability of Einstein metrics under the Einstein-Hilbert functional, and second, their deformation theory and the study of the moduli space of Einstein metrics on a compact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Paul Schwahn , Uwe Semmelmann

Let the warped product $M^n=L^m\times_\varphi F^{n-m}$, $n\geq m+3\geq 8$, of Riemannian manifolds be an Einstein manifold with Ricci curvature $\rho$ that admits an isometric immersion into Euclidean space with codimension two. Under the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-19 M. Dajczer , C. -R. Onti , Th. Vlachos

A Riemannian manifold (M,g) is said to be Einstein if its Ricci tensor satisfies ric(g) = cg, for some real number c. In the homogeneous case, a problem that is still open is the so called Alekseevskii Conjecture. This conjecture says that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-10-27 Romina M. Arroyo

We study the second-order perturbations in the Einstein-de Sitter Universe in synchronous coordinate. We solve the second-order perturbed Einstein equation with scalar-tensor, and tensor-tensor couplings between 1st order perturbations, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-06 Yang Zhang , Fei Qin , Bo Wang

This paper presents solutions to Einstein's equation -- and the numerical methods used to construct them -- that describe simple cosmological models on manifolds with compact non-orientable spatial slices. These solutions have been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-28 Fan Zhang , Lee Lindblom

We classify Einstein metrics on $\mathbb{R}^4$ invariant under a four-dimensional group of isometries including a principal action of the Heisenberg group. The metrics are either Ricci-flat or of negative Ricci curvature. We show that all…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Vicente Cortés , Arpan Saha

We provide a step towards classifying Riemannian four-manifolds in which the curvature tensor has zero divergence, or -- equivalently -- the Ricci tensor Ric satisfies the Codazzi equation. Every known compact manifold of this type belongs…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Andrzej Derdzinski

We study the question of the integrability of Einstein deformations and relate it to the question of the desingularization of Einstein metrics. Our main application is a negative answer to the long-standing question of whether or not every…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-28 Tristan Ozuch

A four-index tensor is constructed with terms both quadratic in the Riemann tensor and linear in its second derivatives, which has zero divergence for space-times with vanishing scalar curvature. This tensor reduces in vacuum to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. A. G. Bonilla , C. F. Sopuerta

Conditions, related to Kulkarni's equivalence problem are considered for indefinite Riemannian and Kaehlerian manifolds. Corresponding theorems are obtained for the values of the Ricci tensor on isotropic vectors as well as for the values…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-08-31 Ognian Kassabov

In this paper we introduce, in the Riemannian setting, the notion of conformal Ricci soliton, which includes as particular cases Einstein manifolds, conformal Einstein manifolds and (generic and gradient) Ricci solitons. We provide here…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-09 Giovanni Catino , Paolo Mastrolia , Dario D. Monticelli , Marco Rigoli

We prove that along with the Einstein flow, any small perturbations of an $n(n \geq 4)$-dimensional, non-compact negative Einstein space with some "non-positive Weyl tensor" lead to a unique and global solution, and the solution will be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Jinhua Wang

Let C be a cone in the space of algebraic curvature tensors. Moreover, let (M,g) be a compact Einstein manifold with the property that the curvature tensor of (M,g) lies in the cone C at each point on M. We show that (M,g) has constant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-04-05 S. Brendle

Following a recent work in which it is shown that a spacetime admitting Lie-group actions may be disjointly decomposed into a a closed subset with no interior plus a dense finite union of open sets in each of which the character and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Jose M M Senovilla , Raul Vera

Metric perturbations the stability of solution of Einstein-Cartan cosmology (ECC) are given. The first addresses the stability of solutions of Einstein-Cartan (EC) cosmological model against Einstein static universe background. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

Along the general framework of the gauge invariant perturbation theory developed in the papers [K. Nakamura, Prog. Theor. Phys. {\bf 110} (2003), 723; {\it ibid}, {\bf 113} (2005), 481.], we formulate the second order gauge invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Kouji Nakamura

We investigate a simple variation of the Generalized Harmonic method for evolving the Einstein equations. A flat space wave equation for metric perturbations is separated from the Ricci tensor, with the rest of the Ricci tensor becoming a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-06 Travis Garrett

In this article, we derive an integral formula involving the tensor $D_{ijk}$ for compact Einstein-type manifolds with constant scalar curvature. As an application, we classify three-dimensional compact Einstein-type manifolds satisfying…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-28 M. Andrade , H. Baltazar , A. da Silva , D. Tavares

We derive evolution and constraint equations for second order perturbations of flat dust homogeneous and isotropic solutions to the Einstein field equations using all scalar, vector and tensor perturbation modes. We show that the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Filipe C. Mena