On the Einstein condition for Lorentzian 3-manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2020.124892MaRDI QIDQ1996306zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Amir B. Aazami

Publication date 4 March 2021

Published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.09508

zbMATH Keywords

dimension threeEinstein constantEinstein metricsLorentzian spherical space forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: It is well known that in Lorentzian geometry there are no compact spherical space forms; in dimension 3, this means there are no closed Einstein 3-manifolds with positive Einstein constant. We generalize this fact here, by proving that there are also no closed Lorentzian 3-manifolds $(M,g)$ whose Ricci tensor satisfies ${\displaystyle }$ ext{Ric} = fg+(f-lambda)T^{flat}otimes T^{flat}, ${\displaystyle }$ for any unit timelike vector field $T$, any positive constant $lambda$, and any smooth function $f$ that never takes the values $0,lambda$. (Observe that this reduces to the positive Einstein case when $f=lambda$.) We show that there is no such obstruction if $lambda$ is negative. Finally, the "borderline" case $lambda=0$ is also examined: we show that if $lambda=0$ and $f>0$, then $(M,g)$ must be isometric to $(mathbb{S}^1!imes!N,-d{t}^{2}oplush)$ with $(N,h)$ a Riemannian manifold.

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