Homogeneous Einstein-Weyl structures on symmetric spaces (Q1379119): Difference between revisions

An Einstein-Weyl space is a triple \((M,[g],D)\), where \((M,[g])\) is a conformal manifold and \(D\) is a torsion-free affine connection on \(M\) such that the symmetrized Ricci tensor is a multiple of \(g\). The Einstein-Weyl structure is called trivial if \(Dg = 0\). A homogeneous Einstein-Weyl structure is one for which the group \(G\) of symmetries is transitive on \(M\). For compact \(M\), the group \(G\) is compact. The main result of the paper is the classification of non-trivial homogeneous Einstein-Weyl structures on compact irreducible symmetric spaces, not isometric to a Lie group with a bi-invariant metric. The author proves that such structures exist only on \(S^{2n+1} = U(n+1)/U(n)\), \(S^{4n+3} = Sp(n+1)U(1)/Sp(n)U(1)\), \(SU(2n+1)/Sp(n)\) with \(G = U(n+1), Sp(n+1)U(1), SU(2n+1)\), respectively. In the first and the third cases there exists a one-parameter family of homogeneous structures, while in the second one two disjoint one-parameter families exist.