Einstein metrics in projective geometry (Q2439348)

It is well known that pseudo-Riemannian metrics in the projective class of a given torsion free affine connection can be obtained from (and are equivalent to) the solutions of certain over determined projectively invariant differential equation, which is a special case of a so-called Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand (BGG) equation. The aim of the paper is to show that non-degenerate normal solutions are equivalent to pseudo-Riemannian Einstein metrics in the projective class and observe that this connects to natural projective extensions of the Einstein condition. In particular, the authors prove that a non-degenerate solution of the metricity equation \(D\sigma=0\) (where \(D\) is a projectively invariant differential operator in question) is normal if and only if the corresponding metrics \(g^\sigma\) is an Einstein metric.