Classification of 6-dimensional splittable flat solvmanifolds

Abstract

A flat solvmanifold is a compact quotient $Γ\backslash G$ where $G$ is a simply-connected solvable Lie group endowed with a flat left invariant metric and $Γ$ is a lattice of $G$. Any such Lie group can be written as $G=\mathbb{R}^k\ltimes_ϕ \mathbb{R}^m$ with $\mathbb{R}^m$ the nilradical. In this article we focus on 6-dimensional splittable flat solvmanifolds, which are obtained quotienting $G$ by a lattice $Γ$ that can be decomposed as $Γ=Γ_1\ltimes_ϕΓ_2$, where $Γ_1$ and $Γ_2$ are lattices of $\mathbb{R}^k$ and $\mathbb{R}^m$, respectively. We obtain their classification by analyzing the conjugacy classes of integer matrices of finite order in dimensions 4 and 5.