A classification of special Riemannian 3-manifolds with distinct constant Ricci eigenvalues (Q1346952)

This paper is a contribution to the explicit description of the metrics of a three-dimensional curvature homogeneous Riemannian space, that is, a Riemannian manifold with constant Ricci eigenvalues \(\rho_ i\), \(i = 1,2,3\). The case of equal eigenvalues is well known and the case \(\rho_ 1 = \rho_ 2 \neq \rho_ 3\) has been treated in detail by the first author. Here, the authors treat the case of distinct eigenvalues and obtain an explicit description under two additional geometrical assumptions by solving explicitly an associated system of first-order partial differential equations.