On algebraic solitons for geometric evolution equations on three-dimensional Lie groups

Abstract

The relationship between algebraic soliton metrics and self-similar solutions of geometric evolution equations on Lie groups is investigated. After discussing the general relationship between algebraic soliton metrics and self-similar solutions to geometric evolution equations, we investigate the cross curvature flow and the second order renormalization group flow on simply-connected, three-dimensional, unimodular Lie groups, providing a complete classification of left invariant algebraic solitons that give rise to self-similar solutions of the corresponding flows on such spaces.