A non Ricci-flat Einstein pseudo-Riemannian metric on a 7-dimensional nilmanifold

DOI10.36045/J.BBMS.210210arXiv2007.13398WikidataQ115220336 ScholiaQ115220336MaRDI QIDQ6345898FDOQ6345898

Authors: Marisa Fernández, Marco Freibert, Jonatan Sánchez

Publication date: 27 July 2020

Abstract: We answer in the affirmative the question posed by Conti and Rossi on the existence of nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension 7 with an Einstein pseudo-metric of nonzero scalar curvature. Indeed, we construct a left-invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric

g

of signature

(3, 4)

on a nilpotent Lie group of dimension 7, such that

g

is Einstein and not Ricci-flat. We show that the pseudo-metric

g

cannot be induced by any left-invariant closed

G_{2}^{*}

-structure on the Lie group. Moreover, some results on closed and harmonic

G_{2}^{*}

-structures on an arbitrary 7-manifold

M

are given. In particular, we prove that the underlying pseudo-Riemannian metric of a closed and harmonic

G_{2}^{*}

-structure on

M

is not necessarily Einstein, but if it is Einstein then it is Ricci-flat.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(G)-structures (53C10) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25)

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