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Let $M$ be pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous Einstein manifold of finite volume, and suppose a connected Lie group $G$ acts transitively and isometrically on $M$. In this situation, the metric on $M$ induces a bilinear form…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Wolfgang Globke , Yuri Nikolayevsky

The Heisenberg Lie group $H_3$ is modeled on the differentiable structure of $\mathbb{R}^3$ but equipped with another non-commutative product operation. By fixing the usual metric on the Heisenberg Lie group, this work provides a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Gabriela Ovando , Mauro Subils

We give the complete classification of left-invariant sub-Riemannian structures on three dimensional Lie groups in terms of the basic differential invariants. This classifications recovers other known classification results in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-31 Andrei Agrachev , Davide Barilari

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Vicente Cortés , Marco Freibert , Mateo Galdeano

The aim of the paper is to determine left-invariant,anti-self-dual, non conformally flat, Riemannian metrics on four-dimensional Lie groups.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vivian De Smedt , Simon Salamon

We define a class of Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian 2-step nilpotent Lie groups with nondegenerate centers that generalize the H-type groups of Kaplan. Examples are given and geometric properties are investigated.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Justin M. Ryan

We study isometric immersions of surfaces into simply connected 3-dimensional unimodular Lie groups endowed with either Riemannian or Lorentzian left-invariant metrics, assuming that Milnor's operator is diagonalizable in the Lorentzian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Ildefonso Castro , José M. Manzano , José S. Santiago

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the Schouten-Weyl tensor on the three-dimensional Lie groups with left-invariant Lorenzian metrics. The left-invariant Lorentzian metrics on the three-dimensional Lie groups with squared…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-23 O. P. Khromova , P. N. Klepikov , S. V. Klepikova , E. D. Rodionov

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

We consider four dimensional Lie groups with left-invariant Riemannian metrics. For such groups we classify left-invariant conformal foliations with minimal leaves of codimension two. These foliations produce local complex-valued harmonic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Sigmundur Gudmundsson , Martin Svensson

The Oscillator Groups,$\G_\lambda,$ are the only solvable, non commutative, simply connected Lie groups to admit a Lorentzian bi-invariant metric. For these groups, we give sufficient conditions for a left-invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shirley Bromberg , Alberto Medina

$k$-symplectic manifolds are a convenient framework to study classical field theories and they are a generalization of polarized symplectic manifolds. This paper focus on the existence and the properties of left invariant $k$-symplectic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Ilham Ait Brik , Mohamed Boucetta

Half-flat SU(3)-structures are the natural initial values for Hitchin's evolution equations whose solutions define parallel G_2-structures. Together with the results of arXiv:0912.3486v1, the results of this article completely solve the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-16 Marco Freibert , Fabian Schulte-Hengesbach

We approach the quasi-isometric classification questions on Lie groups by considering low dimensional cases and isometries alongside quasi-isometries. First, we present some new results related to quasi-isometries between Heintze groups.…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Ville Kivioja , Enrico Le Donne , Sebastiano Nicolussi Golo

In this paper, we investigate the converse of the Tan-Xu theorem, which states that the naturally reductive property of a Riemannian metric is inherited by a naturally reductive $(\alpha_1,\alpha_2)$-metric, and we show that, under certain…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Ali Hatami Shahi , Hamid Reza Salimi Moghaddam

In this paper, we discuss the decomposition of a Lie group with a left invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric and the uniqueness. In fact, it is a decomposition of a Lie group into totally geodesic sub-manifolds which is different from the De…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-03-16 Zhiqi Chen , Ke Liang , Mingming Ren

In this paper we prove that the compact Lie group $G_2$ admits a left-invariant Einstein metric that is not geodesic orbit. In order to prove the required assertion, we develop some special tools for geodesic orbit Riemannian manifolds. It…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Yu. G. Nikonorov

All known examples of homogeneous Einstein metrics of negative Ricci curvature can be realized as left-invariant Riemannian metrics on solvable Lie groups. After defining a notion of maximal symmetry among left-invariant Riemannian metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Carolyn S. Gordon , Michael R. Jablonski

Given a compact Lie group $G$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, we consider its tangent Lie group $TG\cong G\ltimes_{\mathrm{Ad}} \mathfrak{g}$. In this short note, we prove that $TG$ admits a left-invariant naturally reductive Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Ilka Agricola , Ana Cristina Ferreira

In this paper, we establish a complete structural description of flat Lorentzian Lie groups, i.e., Lie groups endowed with a flat left invariant Lorentzian metric, thereby resolving a long-standing open problem in the theory of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Mohamed Boucetta
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