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Non-compact Einstein manifolds with symmetry

Differential Geometry 2023-01-11 v2

Abstract

For Einstein manifolds with negative scalar curvature admitting an isometric action of a Lie group G with compact, smooth orbit space, we show the following rigidity result: The nilradical N of G acts polarly, and the N-orbits can be extended to minimal Einstein submanifolds. As an application, we prove the Alekseevskii conjecture: Any homogeneous Einstein manifold with negative scalar curvature is diffeomorphic to a Euclidean space.

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@article{arxiv.2107.04210,
  title  = {Non-compact Einstein manifolds with symmetry},
  author = {Christoph Böhm and Ramiro A. Lafuente},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.04210},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

54 pages, significant changes in Sections 1 - 8. Final version, to appear in JAMS

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