Ricci Solitons on Pseudo-Riemannian Hypersurfaces of 4-dimensional Minkowski space

Abstract: In this article, we get classification theorems for a Ricci soliton on the pseudo-Riemannian hypersurface of the Minkowski space $\mathbb{E}^4_1$ taking the potential vector field as the tangent component of the position vector of the pseudo-Riemannian hypersurface, denoted by $(M,g,{\bf x}^T,\lambda)$ in both Riemannian and Lorentzian settings. First, we obtain the necessary and sufficient condition that a pseudo-Riemannian hypersurface $(M,g)$ in $\mathbb{E}^4_1$ admits a Ricci soliton $(M,g,{\bf x}^T,\lambda)$. In each of the form of the shape operator of a pseudo-Riemannian hypersurface, we obtain characterization a Ricci soliton on a pseudo-Riemannian hypersurface. More precisely, we show that totally umbilical hypersurfaces, hyperbolic and a pseudo-spherical cylinder in $\mathbb{E}^4_1$ is a shrinking Ricci soliton whose the potential vector field is the tangent part of the position vector. Furthermore, we conclude that there exists only a shrinking Ricci soliton on a Lorentzian isoparametric hypersurface in $\mathbb{E}^4_1$ with nondiagonalizable shape operator whose the minimal polynomial has double real roots.