Naturally reductive metrics of nonpositive Ricci curvature

Carolyn Gordon, Wolfgang Ziller
1984 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society  
The main theorem states that every naturally reductive homogeneous Riemannian manifold of nonpositive Ricci curvature is symmetric. As a corollary, every noncompact naturally reductive Einstein manifold is symmetric.
doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1984-0740188-7 fatcat:5j5yvgxi5ve6nabm3iueynfq3e