On solvable Lie groups of negative Ricci curvature (Q2349882)

In this paper necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of a left-invariant metric of strictly negative Ricci curvature on solvable Lie groups with nilradical, whose Lie algebra is abelian or Heisenberg or is the standard filiform Lie algebra. For example, a solvable Lie algebra \(g\) with an abelian nilradical \(n\) admits an inner product of negative Ricci curvature if and only if there exists an element \(Y \in g\) such that all eigenvalues of the restriction of \(\text{ad}_Y\) to \(n\) have positive real parts.