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The problem of classifying Einstein solvmanifolds, or equivalently, Ricci soliton nilmanifolds, is known to be equivalent to a question on the variety \( {\mathfrak{N}_n}\left( \mathbb{C} \right) \) of n-dimensional complex nilpotent Lie algebra laws. Namely, one has to determine which GL n (ℂ)-orbits in \( {\mathfrak{N}_n}\left( \mathbb{C} \right) \) have a critical point of the squared norm of the moment map. In this paper, we give a classification result of such distinguished orbits for n = 7. The set \( {{{{\mathfrak{N}_n}\left( \mathbb{C} \right)}} \left/ {{{\text{G}}{{\text{L}}_7}\left( \mathbb{C} \right)}} \right.} \) is formed by 148 nilpotent Lie algebras and 6 one-parameter families of pairwise non-isomorphic nilpotent Lie algebras. We have applied to each Lie algebra one of three main techniques to decide whether it has a distinguished orbit or not.
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Fernandez-Culma, E.A. Classification of 7-dimensional einstein nilradicals. Transformation Groups 17, 639–656 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-012-9186-5
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