Left-invariant Riemannian metrics on four-dimensional nonunimodular Lie groups with zero-divergence Weyl tensor (Q610570)

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Left-invariant Riemannian metrics on four-dimensional nonunimodular Lie groups with zero-divergence Weyl tensor
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    Left-invariant Riemannian metrics on four-dimensional nonunimodular Lie groups with zero-divergence Weyl tensor (English)
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    8 December 2010
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    A Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) of dimension \(n\geq 4\) is called a \(C\)-space if div\(\,W=0\) where \(W\) denotes the Weyl tensor. Due to the homogeneity property, the study of the divergence of the Weyl tensor on Lie groups reduces to a study at the Lie algebra level. The aim of this work is to determine the four-dimensional nonunimodular Lie groups which are \(C\)-spaces. The key is to find a convenient basis, an idea based on previous works. The resulting Lie algebras are presented in a table. Even though several references are given, the corresponding proofs are not written out explicitly, which makes the understanding of the used tools very difficult.
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    left invariant metrics
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    zero-divergence Weyl tensor
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    four-dimensional nonunimodular Lie groups
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