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<item><title>Higher-Dimensional Vacuum Einstein Equations: Symmetry, New Solutions, and Ricci Solitons</title><link>https://neckpinch.com/papers/2502.11428/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">arxiv:2502.11428</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>M. M. Akbar, M. Self — We show that the system of vacuum Einstein equations (i.e., Ricci-flat metrics) with two hypersurface-orthogonal, commuting Killing vector fields in d ≥ 5 dimensions is invariant under the action of a one-parameter Lie group, and the group action on any metric can be expressed in a closed, universal form. This enables the generation of a one-parameter family of solutions from any given &quot;seed&quot; solution of the system without solving additional equations, as well as one-parameter families of local steady Ricci solitons. This extends the Lie point symmetry in four dimensions, found earlier for axisymmetric static vacuum systems, and provides the first example of solution generation in higher-dimensional vacuum Einstein equations that can be realized purely algebraically.</description><category>Ricci solitons</category><category>Ricci-flat &amp; Calabi–Yau</category><category>Homogeneous spaces</category></item>
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