The gap phenomenon for conformally related Einstein metrics
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The gap phenomenon for conformally related Einstein metrics
author: Josef Šilhan
author: Jan Gregorovič
published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society
publication date: 2024-11-07T00:00:00Z
review text: This paper studies how many Einstein metrics can there be in a given conformal class \([g]\). The main result that the authors prove is the following:\N\NTheorem. Assume the conformal manifold \((M, [g]\)) of dimension \(n\geq3\) is not locally conformally flat. Then the dimensions \(d_{aE}\) of the space of almost Einstein scales and \(d_{ncK}\) of the space of normal conformal Killing fields satisfy the following:\N\begin{itemize}\N\item[1.] if \(g\) has definite signature, then \(d_{aE} \leq n-3\) and \(d_{ncK} \leq \frac{(n-3)(n-4)}{2}\)\N\item[2.] if \(g\) has Lorentzian signature, then \(d_{aE} \leq n-2\) and \(d_{ncK} \leq \frac{(n-3)(n-2)}{2}\)\N\item[3.] if \(g\) has signature \((p,q)\) with \(2\leq p \leq q\), then \(d_{aE} \leq n-1\) and \(d_{ncK} \leq \frac{(n-2)(n-1)}{2}\)\N\end{itemize}\NMoreover, all upper bounds are sharp, that is, there exist conformal classes where these inequalities are equalities.
reviewed by: Andrea Tamburelli
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C18
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58J60
zbMATH DE Number: 7940355
zbMATH Keywords: Einstein metrics
zbMATH Keywords: Lorentzian manifolds
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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DOI: 10.1112/BLMS.13128
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7940355