Pseudo-Riemannian Algebraic Ricci Solitons on Four-Dimensional Lie Groups

Abstract

We investigate the conditions under which pseudo-Riemannian inner products induce pseudo-Riemannian algebraic Ricci solitons on four-dimensional Lie algebras. By analyzing the algebraic Ricci soliton equation for each four-dimensional Lie algebra, we obtain a complete description of when such pseudo-Riemannian algebraic Ricci solitons arise in dimension four. We present two applications of our formalism on a chosen four-dimensional Lie algebra by exhibiting a pseudo-Riemannian algebraic Ricci soliton and a flat pseudo-Riemannian inner product, which is a trivial algebraic Ricci soliton.