On the linear stability of nearly Kähler 6-manifolds (Q2291463)

A nearly Kähler manifold \((M,J,g)\) is an almost Hermitian manifold that satisfies \((\nabla_{X} J) X=0\), for all tangent vectors \(X\), where \(\nabla\) denotes the Levi-Civita connection of \(g\). The nearly Kähler structure is strict if it is not Kähler. A closed Einstein manifold \((M, g)\) is linearly stable if for all transverse traceless (TT) symmetric \(2\)-tensors \(h\), i.e., divergence-free and trace-free symmetric \(2\)-tensors, the quadratic form \(\mathcal{Q}(h,h)=-<\nabla^{\ast}\nabla h-2\dot{R}h,h>_{L^{2}(M,g)}\) is \(\leq 0\), where \(\dot{R}\) is the action of the curvature tensor on symmetric \(2\)-tensors. \((M, g)\) is linearly unstable if it is not linearly stable. Several authors studied stability and instability manifolds [\textit{X. Dai} et al., Invent. Math. 161, No. 1, 151--176 (2005; Zbl 1075.53042); \textit{L. Foscolo}, J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 95, No. 2, 586--612 (2017; Zbl 1376.53067); \textit{L. Foscolo} and \textit{M. Haskins}, Ann. Math. (2) 185, No. 1, 59--130 (2017; Zbl 1381.53086); \textit{Th. Friedrich}, Math. Nachr. 97, 117--146 (1980; Zbl 0462.53027); \textit{R. Grunewald}, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 8, No. 1, 43--59 (1990; Zbl 0704.53050); \textit{S. J. Hall} and \textit{T. Murphy}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 139, No. 9, 3327--3337 (2011; Zbl 1231.53056); \textit{K. Kröncke}, Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 53, No. 1--2, 265--287 (2015; Zbl 1317.53086)]. The principal objective in this paper is: Let \((M, J , g)\) be a complete strict nearly Kähler \(6\)-manifold. If \(b_{2}(M)\) or \(b_{3}(M)\) is nonzero, then \(g\) is linearly unstable with respect to the Einstein-Hilbert action restricted to the space of Riemannian metrics with constant scalar curvature and fixed volume. Hence, it is also linearly unstable with respect to the \(\nu\)-entropy of \textit{G. Perelman} [arXiv e-print service 2002, Paper No. 0211159, 39 p. (2002; Zbl 1130.53001)], and dynamically unstable with respect to the Ricci flow.