The Dirichlet Problem for Einstein Metrics on Cohomogeneity One Manifolds

Abstract

Let $G/H$ be a compact homogeneous space, and let ${\hat{g}}_0$ and ${\hat{g}}_1$ be $G$-invariant Riemannian metrics on $G/H$. We consider the problem of finding a $G$-invariant Einstein metric $g$ on the manifold $G/H\times [0,1]$ subject to the constraint that $g$ restricted to $G/H\times \{0\}$ and $G/H\times \{1\}$ coincides with ${\hat{g}}_0$ and ${\hat{g}}_1$, respectively. By assuming that the isotropy representation of $G/H$ consists of pairwise inequivalent irreducible summands, we show that we can always find such an Einstein metric.

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