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We construct new examples of four-dimensional Einstein metrics with neutral signature and two-dimensional holonomy Lie algebra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Lie algebra isomorphism between su(1,1)xsu(1,1) and o(2,2) is used to obtain a list of subalgebras of the latter. The resulting list of 32 subalgebras is then examined on a case by case basis to see if each can be the Lie algebra of the holonomy group of a neutral metric in four dimensions. The conclusions, taken in conjunction with previously known results, furnish a classification of such Lie subalgebras of o(2,2), with only one case remaining unresolved. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]