Classification of homogeneous structures on 4-dimensional nilpotent Lie groups
A pseudo-Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) is called homogeneous if admits a transitive connected Lie group \(G\) of isometries. Thus \(M\) can be viewed as a coset space \(G/H\) with a \(G\)-invariant metric and \(H\) is the isotropy subgroup of some point in \(M\). A pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous manifold \((M = G/H, g)\) is said to be reductive if there exists a direct sum decomposition of the form \(\mathfrak g = \mathfrak h\oplus\mathfrak m\), where \(\mathfrak g\) and \(\mathfrak h\) denote the Lie algebras of \(G\) and \(H\), respectively, and \(\mathfrak m \subset\mathfrak g\) stands for the invariant vector subspace. Under the adjoint representation \(\operatorname{Ad} : H \times\mathfrak g \rightarrow\mathfrak g\) of \(H\), \((\mathfrak g, \mathfrak h)\) is called a reductive pair. In this context, the authors determine, for all left invariant Lorentzian-matrics, the set of homogeneous structures on the four-dimensional filiform 3-step nilpotent Lie group \(G_4=\mathbb R^3\rtimes\mathbb R\). As an application, they explore the distinct characteristics of each structure and demonstrate the existence of homogeneous structures that are not canonical and then they identify scenarios in which the metrics exhibit natural reductiveness, proving that a naturally reductive homogeneous structure can exist for left-invariant Lorentzian metrics admitting a parallel null vector on \(G_4\). This highlights a significant distinction between Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian geometries, as \textit{C. S. Gordon} [Can. J. Math. 37, 467--487 (1985; Zbl 0554.53035)] does not apply in the Lorentzian context, where the Lie group is not restricted to being \(2\)-step nilpotent.
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