Abstract:
A.Z. Petrov divided 4-metrics of the zero signature into 6 types, which later began to be denoted I, D, O, II, N, III. However, in the case of (anti)-self-duality, the λ-matrix, on the basis of which Petrov built his classification, acquires specificity. First, the determinant of this λ-matrix has a root 0 of multiplicity at least 3. Secondly, the multiplicity of this root cannot be 5. These two circumstances lead to the fact that there are not 6, but 7 different types of metrics. A new type I0 appears, whose characteristic number 0 has multiplicity 4. This type does not coincide with I, since for type I the multiplicity of the root 0 is three. Examples of metrics, expressed in terms of elementary functions, of all seven types are constructed.
Citation:
L. N. Krivonosov, V. A. Luk"yanov, “Specificity of Petrov classification of (anti-)self-dual zero signature metrics”, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Mat., 2020, no. 9, 56–67; Russian Math. (Iz. VUZ), 64:9 (2020), 50–60
This publication is cited in the following 2 articles:
L. N. Krivonosov, V. A. Lukyanov, “(Anti) self-dual Einstein metrics of zero signature, their Petrov classes and connection with Kahler and para-Kahler structures”, Russian Math. (Iz. VUZ), 66:9 (2022), 33–45
L. N. Krivonosov, V. A. Lukyanov, “Ermitovy metriki s (anti)avtodualnym tenzorom Rimana”, Vestn. Sam. gos. tekhn. un-ta. Ser. Fiz.-mat. nauki, 25:4 (2021), 616–633