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Non-naturally reductive Einstein metrics on exceptional Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2019-11-27 v1

Abstract

Given an exceptional compact simple Lie group GG we describe new left-invariant Einstein metrics which are not naturally reductive. In particular, we consider fibrations of GG over flag manifolds with a certain kind of isotropy representation and we construct the Einstein equation with respect to the induced left-invariant metrics. Then we apply a technique based on Gr\"obner bases and classify the real solutions of the associated algebraic systems. For the Lie group G2{\rm G}_2 we obtain the first known example of a left-invariant Einstein metric, which is not naturally reductive. Moreover, for the Lie groups E7{\rm E}_7 and E8{\rm E}_8, we conclude that there exist non-isometric non-naturally reductive Einstein metrics, which are Ad(K){\rm Ad}(K)-invariant by different Lie subgroups KK.

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@article{arxiv.1511.03993,
  title  = {Non-naturally reductive Einstein metrics on exceptional Lie groups},
  author = {Ioannis Chrysikos and Yusuke Sakane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03993},
  year   = {2019}
}

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33 pages

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