Homogeneous Einstein metrics on Stiefel manifolds associated to flag manifolds with two isotropy summands (Q2188982)

The paper under review concerns the Riemannian geometry of homogeneous spaces. Particularly, the real Stiefel manifolds \(V_k\mathbb{R}^n = \operatorname{SO}(n)/\operatorname{SO}(n-k)\) are considered and invariant Einstein metrics on \(V_k\mathbb{R}^n \) are discussed. As the main result, it is shown that any Stiefel manifold \(V_{2p}\mathbb{R}^n\) with \(2\leq p\leq \frac{2}{5}n - 1\) admits at least four invariant Einstein metrics, which are determined by \(\operatorname{Ad}(\operatorname{U}(p)\times \operatorname{SO}(n-2p))\)-invariant scalar products. Two of these Einstein metrics are \textit{G. R. Jensen}'s metrics [J. Differ. Geom. 8, 599--614 (1973; Zbl 0284.53038)], whereas the other two are different from Jensen's metrics. The proved statement extends previous results by \textit{A. Arvanitoyeorgos} et al. [Differ. Geom. Appl. 35, 2--18 (2014; Zbl 1327.53055)].