Homogeneous semisymmetric neutral 4-manifolds (Q6124597)

A pseudo-Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) is said to be \textit{semi-symmetric} if its Riemannian curvature tensor \(R\) satisfies \(R\cdot R=0\), or more precisely, \(R(X,Y)\cdot R=0\) for all tangent vectors \(X,Y\), where the linear endomorphism \(R(X,Y)\) acts on \(R\) as a derivation. Clearly, every locally symmetric manifold is semi-symmetric, but the converse is not true. A complete description of these manifolds in the Riemannian case was given in [\textit{Z. I. Szabo}; J. Differ. Geom. 17, 531--582 (1982; Zbl 0508.53025); Geom. Dedicata 19, 65--108 (1985; Zbl 0612.53023)]. The article under review restricts its attention to the case where the signature of \((M,g)\) is of the form \((n,2)\) with \(n\geq2\), and focuses in dimension \(4\). The main result ensures that a \(4\)-dimensional Einstein pseudo-Riemannian manifold with signature \((2,2)\) and non-null scalar curvature is semi-symmetric if and only if it is locally symmetric. This article seems to be a continuation of [\textit{A. Benroummane} et al., Differ. Geom. Appl. 56, 211--233 (2018; Zbl 1381.53130)].