Coclosed G₂-structures inducing nilsolitons

Abstract: We show obstructions to the existence of a coclosed

G_{2}

-structure on a Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g

of dimension seven with non-trivial center. In particular, we prove that if there exist a Lie algebra epimorphism from

m a t h f r a k g

to a six-dimensional Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k h

, with kernel contained in the center of

m a t h f r a k g

, then any coclosed

G_{2}

-structure on

m a t h f r a k g

induces a closed and stable three form on

m a t h f r a k h

that defines an almost complex structure on

m a t h f r a k h

. As a consequence, we obtain a classification of the 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras which carry coclosed

G_{2}

-structures. We also prove that each one of these Lie algebras has a coclosed

G_{2}

-structure inducing a nilsoliton metric, but this is not true for 3-step nilpotent Lie algebras with coclosed

G_{2}

-structures. The existence of contact metric structures is also studied.

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