Non-naturally reductive Einstein metrics on \(\mathrm{Sp}(n)\) (Q2184260)

The authors obtain some new left-invariant Einstein metrics on the symplectic group \(\mathrm{Sp}(n)\), which are not naturally reductive. It is a contribution to the general problem of proving the existence of such metrics on compact Lie groups. The main result states that for \(k<l\), \(Sp(2k_l)\) admits at least two non-naturally reductive left-invariant Einstein metrics, which are \(\mathrm{Ad}(\mathrm{Sp}(k)\times \mathrm{Sp}(k)\times \mathrm{Sp}(l))\)-invariant. Furthermore, for any \(n\ge 4\), \(Sp(n)\) admits at least \(2[(n-1)/3]\) non-naturally reductive left-invariant Einstein metrics. The Einstein metrics obtained are different for the ones obtained by \textit{A. Arvanitoyeorgos} et al. [in: Current developments in differential geometry and its related fields.Proceedings of the 4th international colloquium, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, September 8--12, 2014. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific. 1--22 (2016; Zbl 1333.53053)]. The method used is a variation of the approach in [loc. cit.] as follows: The authors consider the generalized Wallach space \(\mathrm{Sp}(k_1+k_2+k_3)/\mathrm{Sp}(k_1)\times \mathrm{Sp}(k_2)\times \mathrm{Sp}(k_3)\) and a decomposition of \(\mathfrak{sp}(k_1+k_2+k_3)\) as irreducible \(\mathrm{ad}(\mathfrak{sp}(k_1)\oplus\mathfrak{sp}(k_2)\oplus\mathfrak{sp}(k_3)\)-modules, \(\mathfrak{sp}(k_1+k_2+k_3)=\mathfrak{sp}(k_1)\oplus\mathfrak{sp}(k_2)\oplus\mathfrak{sp}k_3)\oplus\mathfrak{m}_1\oplus\mathfrak{m}_2\oplus\mathfrak{m}_3\). Then they search for left-invariant Einstein metrics determined by \(\mathrm{Ad}(\mathrm{Sp}(k_1)\times \mathrm{Sp}(k_2)\times \mathrm{Sp}(k_3)\)-invariant inner products on \(\mathfrak{sp}(k_1+k_2+k_3)\) determined by positive parameters \(y_1, y_2, y_3, y_4, y_5, y_6\). In [loc. cit.], the authors had set \(k_1=n-2\), \(k_2=k_3=1\) and searched for left-invariant Einstein metrics with \(y_2=y_3, y_4=y_5=1\). In the present paper, the authors take \(k_1=k_2=k, k_3=l\) and search for left-invariant Einstein metrics with \(y_1=y_2, y_5=y_6=1\).