The relationship between algebraic soliton metrics and self-similar solutions of geometric evolution equations on Lie groups is investigated. After discussing the general relationship between algebraic soliton metrics and self-similar solutions to geometric evolution equations, we investigate the cross curvature flow and the second order renormalization group flow on simply-connected, three-dimensional, unimodular Lie groups, providing a complete classification of left invariant algebraic solitons that give rise to self-similar solutions of the corresponding flows on such spaces.

Tbilisi Mathematical Journal, Vol. 9(2) (2016), pp. 33-58