Half-flat structures on \(S^3\times S^3\) (Q2434950)

The left-invariant half-flat \(\mathrm{SU}(3)\)-structures on the \(S^3\times S^3\) manifold is studied using the representation theory of \(\mathrm{SO}(4)\) and matrix algebra. A classification of such structures is given considering \(\mathrm{SU}(3)\) as a Lie group \(G\). One example of such a structure is the nearly-Kähler one, defined on \(G\times G\), for any compact simple Lie group, by realizing the product as the 3-symmetric space \((G\times G\times G)/G\). It is proven that this nearly-Kähler structure is unique amongst the invariant \(\mathrm{SU}(3)\)-structures on \(S^3\times S^3\). The \(G_2\) metrics that arise from half-flat ones with specific torsion are considered. This allows a systematic study of the associated cohomogeneity one Ricci-flat metrics with holonomy \(G_2\) obtained on 7-manifolds with equidistant \(S^3\times S^3\) hypersurfaces. The generic case is analyzed numerically. Apart from the nearly-Kähler straight line, some new solutions that behave asymptotically locally conically, are obtained. Families of solutions are plotted using the \texttt{Mathematica} program and the command \texttt{NDSolve}.