Indefinite nilsolitons and Einstein solvmanifolds

DOI10.1007/S12220-021-00850-7MaRDI QIDQ2074729zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 10 February 2022

Published in The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.09209

Einstein metrics nilsoliton pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous metrics solvable Lie groups

Nilpotent and solvable Lie groups (22E25) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: A nilsoliton is a nilpotent Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g

with a metric such that

o p e r a t o r n a m e R i c = l a m b d a o p e r a t o r n a m e I d + D

, with

D

a derivation. For indefinite metrics, this determines four different geometries, according to whether

l a m b d a

and

D

are zero or not. We illustrate with examples the greater flexibility of the indefinite case compared to the Riemannian setting. We determine the algebraic properties that

D

must satisfy when it is nonzero. For each of the four geometries, we show that under suitable assumptions it is possible to extend the nilsoliton metric to an Einstein solvmanifold of the form

m a t h f r a k g t i m e s m a t h b b R^{k}

. Conversely, we introduce a large class of indefinite Einstein solvmanifolds of the form

m a t h f r a k g t i m e s m a t h b b R^{k}

that determine a nilsoliton metric on

m a t h f r a k g

by restriction. We show with examples that, unlike in the Riemannian case, one cannot establish a correspondence between the full classes of Einstein solvmanifolds and nilsolitons.

Review text

This paper is devoted to the study of indefinite nilsolitons and Einstein solvmanifolds, and the relation between them. Recall that a Riemannian solvmanifold can be defined as a solvable Lie group endowed with a left-invariant Riemannian metric and that a nilsoliton is a nilpotent Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) with a metric such that \(\operatorname{Ric} = \lambda\operatorname{Id}+D\), where \(D\) is a derivation. For indefinite metrics, this determines four different geometries, depending on whether \(\lambda\) and \(D\) are zero or not. The authors illustrate with examples the greater flexibility of the indefinite case compared to the Riemannian setting. They also determine algebraic properties that \(D\) must satisfy in the case where it is not zero. For each of the four geometries, the authors show that under suitable conditions it is possible to extend the nilsoliton metric to an Einstein solvmanifold of the form \(\mathfrak{g}\rtimes\mathbb{R}^k\). Conversely, they introduce a large class of indefinite Einstein solvmanifolds of the form \(\mathfrak{g}\rtimes\mathbb{R}^k\) that determine a nilsoliton metric on \(\mathfrak{g}\) by resptriction. They also show with examples that, unlike in the Riemannian setting, one cannot establish a correspondence between the full classes of Einstein solvmanifolds and nilsolitons.

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