On homogeneous Ricci solitons

We study the evolution of homogeneous Ricci solitons under the bracket flow, a dynamical system on the space Graphic of all homogeneous spaces of dimension n with a q-dimensional isotropy, which is equivalent to the Ricci flow for homogeneous manifolds. We prove that algebraic solitons (i.e. the Ric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lafuente, Ramiro Augusto, Lauret, Jorge Ruben
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/8499
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/8499
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Soliton
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Sumario:We study the evolution of homogeneous Ricci solitons under the bracket flow, a dynamical system on the space Graphic of all homogeneous spaces of dimension n with a q-dimensional isotropy, which is equivalent to the Ricci flow for homogeneous manifolds. We prove that algebraic solitons (i.e. the Ricci operator is a multiple of the identity plus a derivation) are precisely the fixed points of the system, and that a homogeneous Ricci soliton is isometric to an algebraic soliton if and only if the corresponding bracket flow solution is not chaotic, in the sense that its ω-limit set consists of a single point. We also geometrically characterize algebraic solitons among homogeneous Ricci solitons as those for which the Ricci flow solution is simultaneously diagonalizable.