Group-invariant solutions for the Ricci curvature equation and the Einstein equation

We consider the pseudo-Euclidean space $({\mathbb{R}}^n,g)$, $n\ge 3$, with coordinates $x=(x_1,\dots ,x_n)$ and metric $g_{ij}={\delta }_{ij}{?}_i$, ${?}_i=\pm 1$, where at least one ${?}_i$ is positive, and also tensors of the form $A={\sum }_{i,j}{A}_{ij}d{x}_{i}d{x}_j$, such that $A_{ij}$ are differentiable functions of x. For such tensors, we use Lie point symmetries to find metrics $\stackrel{￣}{g}=\frac{1}{u^2}g$ that solve the Ricci curvature and the Einstein equations. We provide a large class of group-invariant solutions and examples of complete metrics $\stackrel{￣}{g}$ defined globally in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. As consequences, for certain functions $\stackrel{￣}{K}$, we show complete metrics $\stackrel{￣}{g}$, conformal to the pseudo-Euclidean metric g, whose scalar curvature is $\stackrel{￣}{K}$.