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Stuart James Hall

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arXiv2024

Sandwich operators and Einstein deformations of compact symmetric spaces related to Jordan algebras

We study the deformability of the symmetric Einstein metrics on the spaces $\mathrm{SU}(n)/\mathrm{SO}(n)$ and $\mathrm{SU}(2n)/\mathrm{Sp}(n)$, thereby concluding the problem to second order for all irreducible symmetric spaces. The obstruction integrals are calculated from invariant polynomials on certain Lie algebra representations. To aid the computation, we develop so-called sandwich operators for compact Lie algebras and relate them to quadratic Casimir operators. We also explain the source of the infinitesimal Einstein deformations on irreducible symmetric spaces, except for the complex Grassmannians, by exploring their relation to simple Jordan algebras. As an application we prove the nonlinear instability of most of the infinitesimally deformable irreducible compact symmetric spaces.

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arXiv2024

On the Rigidity of $\mathbb{CP}^{2n}\times \mathbb{CP}^{1}$

We revisit Koiso's original examples of rigid infinitesimally deformable Einstein metrics. We show how to compute Koiso's obstruction to the integrability of the infinitesimal deformations on $\mathbb{CP}^{n}\times \mathbb{CP}^{1}$ using completely elementary complex differential geometry.

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arXiv2024

The Fubini--Study metric on an `odd' Grassmannian is rigid

Following the ideas of Gasqui and Goldschmidt, we give an explicit description of the infinitesimal Einstein deformations admitted by the Fubini--Study metric on complex Grassmannians $G_{m}(\mathbb{C}^{n+m})$ with $m,n\geq 2$. The deformations were first shown to exist by Koiso in the 1980s but it has remained an open question as to whether they can be integrated to give genuine deformations of the Fubini--Study metric. We show that when $n+m$ is odd, the answer is no.

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arXiv2021

Rigidity of $SU_n$-type symmetric spaces

We prove that the bi-invariant Einstein metric on $SU_{2n+1}$ is isolated in the moduli space of Einstein metrics, even though it admits infinitesimal deformations. This gives a non-Kähler, non-product example of this phenomenon adding to the famous example of $\mathbb{CP}^{2n}\times\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ found by Koiso. We apply our methods to derive similar solitonic rigidity results for the Kähler--Einstein metrics on `odd' Grassmannians. We also make explicit a connection between non-integrable deformations and the dynamical instability of metrics under Ricci flow.

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arXiv2020

Compact Hermitian symmetric spaces, coadjoint orbits, and the dynamical stability of the Ricci flow

Using a stability criterion due to Kröncke, we show, providing ${n\neq 2k}$, the Kähler--Einstein metric on the Grassmannian $Gr_{k}(\mathbb{C}^{n})$ of complex $k$-planes in an $n$-dimensional complex vector space is dynamically unstable as a fixed point of the Ricci flow. This generalises the recent results of Kröncke and Knopf--Sesum on the instability of the Fubini--Study metric on $\mathbb{CP}^{n}$ for $n>1$. The key to the proof is using the description of Grassmannians as certain coadjoint orbits of $SU(n)$. We are also able to prove that Kröncke's method will not work on any of the other compact, irreducible, Hermitian symmetric spaces.

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arXiv2020

Bounding the invariant spectrum when the scalar curvature is non-negative

On compact Riemannian manifolds with a large isometry group we investigate the invariant spectrum of the ordinary Laplacian. For either a toric Kaehler metric, or a rotationally-symmetric metric on the sphere, we produce upper bounds for all eigenvalues of the invariant spectrum assuming non-negative scalar curvature.

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arXiv2019

Destabilising compact warped product Einstein manifolds

The linear stability of warped product Einstein metrics as fixed points of the Ricci flow is investigated. We generalise the results of Gibbons, Hartnoll and Pope and show that in sufficiently low dimensions, all warped product Einstein metrics are unstable. By exploiting the relationship between warped product Einstein metrics, quasi-Einstein metrics and Ricci solitons, we introduce a new destabilising perturbation (the Ricci variation) and show that certain infinite families of warped product Einstein metrics will be unstable in high dimensions.

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arXiv2017

Totally umbilical surfaces in three-manifolds with a parallel null vector field

We study non-degenerate, totally umbilical surfaces of a special class of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, namely Walker three-manifolds. We show that such surfaces are either one of a totally geodesic family described by Calvaruso and Van der Veken or the ambient manifold must be locally conformally flat (here the surface can also be totally geodesic). The proof makes use of a key technique deployed by Manzano and Soaum in their recent classification of totally umbilical surfaces in homogeneous Riemannian three-manifolds.

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arXiv2016

Numerical approximations to extremal toric Kähler metrics with arbitrary Kähler class

We develop new algorithms for approximating extremal toric Kähler metrics. We focus on an extremal metric on $\mathbb{CP}^{2}\sharp2\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^{2}$, which is conformal to an Einstein metric (the Chen-LeBrun-Weber metric). We compare our approximation to one given by Bunch and Donaldson and compute various geometric quantities. In particular, we demonstrate a small eigenvalue of the scalar Laplacian of the Einstein metric which gives a numerical evidence that the Einstein metric is conformally unstable under the Ricci flow.

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arXiv2015

Rigidity Results for Hermitian-Einstein manifolds

A differential operator introduced by A. Gray on the unit sphere bundle of a Kähler-Einstein manifold is studied. A lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian for the Sasaki metric on the unit sphere bundle of a Kähler-Einstein manifold is derived. Some rigidity theorems classifying complex space forms amongst compact Hermitian surfaces and the product of two projective lines amongst all Kähler-Einstein surfaces are then derived.

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arXiv2015

Approximating Ricci solitons and quasi-Einstein metrics on toric surfaces

We present a general numerical method for investigating prescribed Ricci curvature problems on toric Kähler manifolds. This method is applied to two generalisations of Einstein metrics, namely Ricci solitons and quasi-Einstein metrics. We begin by recovering the Koiso--Cao soliton and the Lü--Page--Pope quasi-Einstein metrics on $\mathbb{CP}^{2}\sharp\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^{2}$ (in both cases the metrics are known explicitly). We also find numerical approximations to the Wang--Zhu soliton on $\mathbb{CP}^{2}\sharp 2\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^{2}$ (here the metric is not known explicitly). Finally, a substantial numerical investigation of the quasi-Einstein equation on $\mathbb{CP}^{2}\sharp 2\overline{\mathbb{CP}}^{2}$ is conducted. In this case it is an open problem as to whether such metrics exist on this manifold. We find metrics that solve the quasi-Einstein equation to the same degree of accuracy as the approximations to the Wang--Zhu soliton solve the Ricci soliton equation.

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arXiv2015

Bounding the first invariant eigenvalue of toric Kähler manifolds

We generalise a theorem of Engman and Abreu--Freitas on the first invariant eigenvalue of non-negatively curved $S^{1}$-invariant metrics on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ to general toric Kähler metrics with non-negative scalar curvature. In particular, a simple upper bound of the first non-zero invariant eigenvalue for such metrics on complex projective space $\mathbb{C}P^{n}$ is exhibited. We derive an analogous bound in the case when the metric is extremal and a detailed study is made of the accuracy of the bound in the case of Calabi's extremal metrics on $\mathbb{C}P^{2}\sharp -\mathbb{C}P^{2}$.

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arXiv2015

Conformally Kähler geometry and quasi-Einstein metrics

We prove that the quasi-Einstein metrics found by Lü, Page and Pope on $\mathbb{C}P^{1}$-bundles over Fano Kähler-Einstein bases are conformally Kähler and that the Kähler class of the conformal metric is a multiple of the first Chern class. A detailed study of the lowest-dimensional example of such metrics on $\mathbb{C}P^{2}\sharp \overline{\mathbb{C}P}^{2}$ using the methods developed by Abreu and Guillemin for studying toric Kähler metrics is given. Our methods yield, in a unified framework, proofs of the existence of the Page, Koiso-Cao and Lü-Page-Pope metrics on $\mathbb{C}P^{2}\sharp \overline{\mathbb{C}P}^{2}$. Finally, we investigate the properties that similar quasi-Einstein metrics would have if they also exist on the toric surface $\mathbb{C}P^{2}\sharp 2 \overline{\mathbb{C}P}^{2}$.

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arXiv2014

Bounding $λ_{2}$ for Kähler-Einstein metrics with large symmetry groups

We calculate an upper bound for the second nonzero eigenvalue of the scalar Laplacian, $λ_{2}$, for toric Kähler-Einstein metrics in terms of the polytope data. We give some detailed examples in complex dimensions 1, 2 and 3. We also discuss extensions of this method to other geometries.

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arXiv2014

Perelman's entropy for some families of canonical metrics

We numerically calculate Perelman's entropy for a variety of canonical metrics on $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$-bundles over products of Fano Kähler-Einstein manifolds. The metrics investigated are Einstein metrics, Kähler-Ricci solitons and quasi-Einstein metrics. The calculation of the entropy allows a rough picture of how the Ricci flow behaves on each of the manifolds in question.

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arXiv2014

On the spectrum of the Page and the Chen-LeBrun-Weber metrics

We give bounds on the first non-zero eigenvalue of the scalar Laplacian for both the Page and the Chen-LeBrun-Weber Einstein metrics. One notable feature is that these bounds are obtained without explicit knowledge of the metrics or numerical approximation to them. Our method also allows the calculation of the invariant part of the spectrum for both metrics. We go on to discuss an application of these bounds to the linear stability of the metrics. We also give numerical evidence to suggest that the bounds for both metrics are extremely close to the actual eigenvalue.

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arXiv2012

Quasi-Einstein metrics on hypersurface families

We construct quasi-Einstein metrics on some hypersurface families. The hypersurfaces are circle bundles over the product of Fano, Kähler-Einstein manifolds. The quasi-Einstein metrics are related to various gradient Kähler-Ricci solitons constructed by Dancer and Wang and some Hermitian, non-Kähler, Einstein metrics constructed by Wang and Wang on the same manifolds.

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