Homogeneous Einstein Finsler Metrics on -dimensional Spheres

In this paper, we study a class of homogeneous Finsler metrics of vanishing $S$-curvature on a $(4n+3)$-dimensional sphere. We find a second order ordinary differential equation that characterizes Einstein metrics with constant Ricci curvature $1$ in this class. Using this equation we show that there are infinitely many homogeneous Einstein metrics on $S^{4n+3}$ of constant Ricci curvature $1$ and vanishing $S$-curvature. They contain the canonical metric on $S^{4n+3}$ of constant sectional curvature $1$ and the Einstein metric of non-constant sectional curvature given by Jensen in 1973.

New homogeneous Einstein metrics on quaternionic Stiefel manifolds

We consider invariant Einstein metrics on the quaternionic Stiefel manifold Vpℍn of all orthonormal p-frames in ℍn. This manifold is diffeomorphic to the homogeneous space Sp(n)/Sp(n − p) and its isotropy representation contains equivalent summands. We obtain new Einstein metrics on Vpℍn ≅ Sp(n)/Sp(n − p), where n = k1 + k2 + k3 and p = n − k3. We view Vpℍn as a total space over the generalized Wallach space Sp(n)/(Sp(k1)×Sp(k2)×Sp(k3)) and over the generalized flag manifold Sp(n)/(U(p)×Sp(n − p)).