Invariant complex structures on the Euclidean motion group as deformations of Calabi-Eckmann structures

Abstract

We classify, up to equivalence, all left-invariant complex structures on the three-dimensional Euclidean rigid motion group $SE(3).$ Our approach is based on the correspondence between complex structures on a real Lie algebra $\mathfrak{e}(3)$ of the motion group and complex Lie subalgebras of the complexification of $\mathfrak{e}(3).$ The resulting structures form a one-parameter family $J_{\varphi }.$ We further establish a connection with the classical Calabi-Eckmann complex structures on $S^3\times S^3.$ More precisely, we construct a one-parameter deformation of Lie brackets connecting $\mathfrak{so}(3)\oplus \mathfrak{so}(3)$ to $\mathfrak{e}(3),$ for which each endomorphism $J_{\varphi }$ remains integrable. Consequently, every left-invariant complex structure on $SE(3)$ arises as a contraction limit of Calabi-Eckmann structures. The same family of endomorphisms also defines complex structures on $\mathfrak{so}(3,1).$

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