Abstract:
In this note we study a 6-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian space V6(gij) with the signature [++−−−−], which admits projective motions, i.e., continuous transformation groups preserving geodesics. A general method of determining pseudo-Riemannian spaces admitting some nonhomothetic projective group Gr was developed by A. V. Aminova. A. V. Aminova classified all Lorentzian manifolds of dimension ≥3 admitting nonhomothetic projective or affine infinitesimal transformations. The problem of classification is not solved for pseudo-Riemannian spaces with arbitrary signature.
In order to find a pseudo-Riemannian space admitting a nonhomothetic infinitesimal projective transformation, one has to integrate the Eisenhart equation
hij,k=2gijφ,k+gikφ,j+gjkφ,i.
Pseudo-Riemannian manifolds for which there exist nontrivial solutions hij≠cgij to the Eisenhart equation are called h-spaces. It is known that the problem of describing such spaces depends on the type of an h-space, i.e., on the type of the bilinear form LXgij determined by the characteristic of the λ-matrix (hij−λgij). The number of possible types depends on the dimension and the signature of an h-space.
In this work we find the metrics and determine quadratic first integrals of the corresponding geodesic lines equations for 6-dimensional h-spaces of the type [(21…1)(21…1)…(1…1)].
Keywords:
differential geometry, pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, systems of partial differential equations.
\Bibitem{Zak13}
\by Z.~Kh.~Zakirova
\paper On some special solutions of Eisenhart equation
\jour Ufa Math. J.
\yr 2013
\vol 5
\issue 3
\pages 40--52
\mathnet{http://mi.mathnet.ru/eng/ufa208}
\crossref{https://doi.org/10.13108/2013-5-3-40}
\elib{https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=20930799}
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This publication is cited in the following 2 articles:
Z. Kh. Zakirova, “Structure of the projective group in a pseudo-Riemannian space”, Theoret. and Math. Phys., 196:1 (2018), 965–975
Zakirova Z.Kh., “on Projective Motion in the 6-Dimensional Pseudo-Riemannian Space of the Special Type”, Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst., 42:5 (2015), 127–132