Left invariant semi Riemannian metrics on quadratic Lie groups

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Authors Shirley Bromberg, A. Medina, Andres Villabón

Publication date 20 December 2024

Published in Journal of Lie Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

flat semi-Riemannian metricsgeodesically complete manifoldsJacobi fieldsleft invariant semi-Riemannian metricsquadratic Lie groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis on real and complex Lie groups (22E30) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45)

Review text

This paper examines the flatness of left invariant semi-Riemannian metrics on quadratic Lie groups -- those which admit a bi-invariant semi-Riemannian metric. Some of these metrics can be constructed from solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation [\textit{M. Boucetta} and \textit{A. Medina}, J. Geom. Phys. 61, No. 12, 2309--2320 (2011; Zbl 1226.53070)]. Regardless, known examples of such metrics are scarce. While the case of flat left invariant Riemannian metrics has been previously investigated, the non-definiteness of a semi-Riemannian metric makes the present investigation more challenging [\textit{J. W. Milnor}, Adv. Math. 21, 293--329 (1976; Zbl 0341.53030)].\N\NThis paper identifies a geometric condition on Lie groups that is necessary and sufficient to guarantee the existence of a flat left invariant semi-Riemannian metric on quadratic Lie groups: such a metric must be geodesically complete. Using this condition, among others, the authors present numerous examples of such metrics and demonstrate cases when such a metric does not exist.

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