Geometric structures on Lie groups with flat bi-invariant metric

Details Geometric structures on Lie groups with flat bi-invariant metric Geometric structures on Lie groups with flat bi-invariant metric

2009-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/0907.5492v1

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Differential Geometry

to appear in Journal of Lie Theory

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Let L\subset V=\bR^{k,l} be a maximally isotropic subspace. It is shown that any simply connected Lie group with a bi-invariant flat pseudo-Riemannian metric of signature (k,l) is 2-step nilpotent and is defined by an element \eta \in \Lambda^3L\subset \Lambda^3V. If \eta is of type (3,0)+(0,3) with respect to a skew-symmetric endomorphism J with J^2=\e Id, then the Lie group {\cal L}(\eta) is endowed with a left-invariant nearly K\"ahler structure if \e =-1 and with a left-invariant nearly para-K\"ahler structure if \e =+1. This construction exhausts all complete simply connected flat nearly (para-)K\"ahler manifolds. If \eta \neq 0 has rational coefficients with respect to some basis, then {\cal L}(\eta) admits a lattice \Gamma, and the quotient \Gamma\setminus {\cal L}(\eta) is a compact inhomogeneous nearly (para-)K\"ahler manifold. The first non-trivial example occurs in six dimensions.

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