Unit Tangent Sphere Bundles and Two-Point Homogeneous Spaces

We characterize two-point homogeneous spaces, locally symmetric spaces, C and B-spaces via properties of the standard contact metric structure of their unit tangent sphere bundle. Further, under various conditions on a Riemannian manifold, we show that its unit tangent sphere bundle is a (locally) homogeneous contact metric space if and only if the manifold itself is (locally) isometric to a two-point homogeneous space.     

g-Natural Contact Metrics on Unit Tangent Sphere Bundles

We construct a three-parameter family of contact metric structures on the unit tangent sphere bundle T ₁ M of a Riemannian manifold M and we study some of their special properties related to the Levi-Civita connection. More precisely, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for a constructed contact metric structure to be K-contact, Sasakian, to satisfy some variational conditions or to define a strongly pseudo-convex CR-structure. The obtained results generalize classical theorems on the standard contact metric structure of T ₁ M.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis>-Natural Contact Metrics on Unit Tangent Sphere Bundles

We construct a three-parameter family of contact metric structures on the unit tangent sphere bundle T ₁ M of a Riemannian manifold M and we study some of their special properties related to the Levi-Civita connection. More precisely, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for a constructed contact metric structure to be K-contact, Sasakian, to satisfy some variational conditions or to define a strongly pseudo-convex CR-structure. The obtained results generalize classical theorems on the standard contact metric structure of T ₁ M. Author supported by funds of the University of Lecce.     

Some Results on Contact Metric Manifolds

If the sectional curvatures of plane sections containing the characteristic vector field of a contact metric manifold M are non-vanishing, then we prove that a second order parallel tensor on M is a constant multiple of the associated metric tensor. Next, we prove for a contact metric manifold of dimension greater than 3 and whose Ricci operator commutes with the fundamental collineation that, if its Weyl conformal tensor is harmonic, then it is Einstein. We also prove that, if the Lie derivative of the fundamental collineation along the characteristic vector field on a contact metric 3-manifold M satisfies a cyclic condition, then M is either Sasakian or locally isometric to certain canonical Lie-groups with a left invariant metric. Next, we prove that if a three-dimensional Sasakian manifold admits a non-Killing projective vector field, it is of constant curvature 1. Finally, we prove that a conformally recurrent Sasakian manifold is locally isometric to a unit sphere.     

The structure of some classes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-contact manifolds

We study projective curvature tensor in K-contact and Sasakian manifolds. We prove that (1) if a K-contact manifold is quasi projectively flat then it is Einstein and (2) a K-contact manifold is ξ-projectively flat if and only if it is Einstein Sasakian. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a K-contact manifold to be quasi projectively flat and φ-projectively flat are obtained. We also prove that for a (2n + 1)-dimensional Sasakian manifold the conditions of being quasi projectively flat, φ-projectively flat and locally isometric to the unit sphere S ²ⁿ⁺¹ (1) are equivalent. Finally, we prove that a compact φ-projectively flat K-contact manifold with regular contact vector field is a principal S ¹-bundle over an almost Kaehler space of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4.     

Contact Hypersurfaces of a Bochner–Kaehler Manifold

We have studied contact metric hypersurfaces of a Bochner–Kaehler manifold and obtained the following two results: (1) a contact metric constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurface of a Bochner–Kaehler manifold is a (k, μ)-contact manifold, and (2) if M is a compact contact metric CMC hypersurface of a Bochner–Kaehler manifold with a conformal vector field V that is neither tangential nor normal anywhere, then it is totally umbilical and Sasakian, and under certain conditions on V, is isometric to a unit sphere.     

Contact metric manifolds with <Emphasis Type="Italic">η</Emphasis>-parallel torsion tensor

We show that a non-Sasakian contact metric manifold with η-parallel torsion tensor and sectional curvatures of plane sections containing the Reeb vector field different from 1 at some point, is a (k, μ)-contact manifold. In particular for the standard contact metric structure of the tangent sphere bundle the torsion tensor is η-parallel if and only if M is of constant curvature, in which case its associated pseudo-Hermitian structure is CR- integrable. Next we show that if the metric of a non-Sasakian (k, μ)-contact manifold (M, g) is a gradient Ricci soliton, then (M, g) is locally flat in dimension 3, and locally isometric to E ⁿ⁺¹ × S ⁿ (4) in higher dimensions.      

Locally Symmetric Contact Metric Manifolds

We show that a locally symmetric contact metric space is either Sasakian and of constant curvature 1 or locally isometric to the unit tangent sphere bundle (with its standard contact metric structure) of a Euclidean space.     

Locally Symmetric Contact Metric Manifolds

We show that a locally symmetric contact metric space is either Sasakian and of constant curvature 1 or locally isometric to the unit tangent sphere bundle (with its standard contact metric structure) of a Euclidean space. The second author is corresponding author     

Some Aspects on the Geometry of the Tangent Bundles and Tangent Sphere Bundles of a Riemannian Manifold

In this paper we study a Riemannian metric on the tangent bundle T(M) of a Riemannian manifold M which generalizes Sasaki metric and Cheeger–Gromoll metric and a compatible almost complex structure which confers a structure of locally conformal almost K?hlerian manifold to T(M) together with the metric. This is the natural generalization of the well known almost K?hlerian structure on T(M). We found conditions under which T(M) is almost K?hlerian, locally conformal K?hlerian or K?hlerian or when T(M) has constant sectional curvature or constant scalar curvature. Then we will restrict to the unit tangent bundle and we find an isometry with the tangent sphere bundle (not necessary unitary) endowed with the restriction of the Sasaki metric from T(M). Moreover, we found that this map preserves also the natural contact structures obtained from the almost Hermitian ambient structures on the unit tangent bundle and the tangent sphere bundle, respectively. This work was also partially supported by Grant CEEX 5883/2006–2008, ANCS, Romania.     

Complete nondegenerate locally standard CR manifolds

Abstract. Let M be a complete nondegenerate locally standard CR manifold. We show that a necessary and sufficient condition for M to be compact is that the Lie algebra of its infinitesimal CR automorphisms is semisimple. In general we realize M as a Mostow fibration over a compact CR manifoldB whose universal covering is a Cartesian product of Hermitian symmetric spaces and compact nondegenerate standard CR manifolds. Received: 22 July 1998 / Published online: 8 May 2000     

Isometric immersion into sphere

Local convexity and convexity of submanifolds in a general Riemannian manifold have been defined. The propblem of isometric immersion of a submanifold into a unit sphere as a locally convex submanifold has been considered. The result we have arrived at is also true for the case of convex immersion.     

On the curvature of a generalization of contact metric manifolds

Summary We consider a genaralization of contact metric manifolds given by assignment of 1-formsη¹, . . . ,η^sand a compatible metric gon a manifold. With some integrability conditions they are called almost<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>S-manifolds. We give a sufficient condition regarding the curvature of an almost<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-bidi-font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"'>S-manifold to be locally isometric to a product of a Euclidean space and a sphere.     

On the Curvature Properties of Manifolds with Deformed <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> Structures

In this paper, we study the curvature properties of a manifold with structure group G₂ whose fundamental 3-form is deformed by a Killing vector field of unit length. We obtain some results concerning conditions under which this manifold is flat, Einstein, or isometric to the unit sphere.     

On compact submanifolds of nonpositive external curvature in Riemannian spaces

In this paper we consider compact multidimensional surfaces of nonpositive external curvature in a Riemannian space. If the curvature of the underlying space is ≥ 1 and the curvature of the surface is ≤ 1, then in small codimension the surface is a totally geodesic submanifold that is locally isometric to the sphere. Under stricter restrictions on the curvature of the underlying space, the submanifold is globally isometric to the unit sphere. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 3–10, July, 1996.     

Geometry of Warped Product CR-Submanifolds in Kaehler Manifolds

 In this paper we study warped product CR-submanifolds in Kaehler manifolds and introduce the notion of CR-warped products. We prove several fundamental properties of CR-warped products in Kaehler manifolds and establish a general inequality for an arbitrary CR-warped product in an arbitrary Kaehler manifold. We then investigate CR-warped products in a general Kaehler manifold which satisfy the equality case of the inequality. Finally we classify CR-warped products in complex Euclidean space which satisfy the equality. (Received 24 August 2000; in revised form 19 February 2001)     

Geometry of Warped Product CR-Submanifolds in Kaehler Manifolds, II

 A CR-submanifold N of a Kaehler manifold is called a CR-warped product if N is the warped product of a holomorphic submanifold and a totally real submanifold of . This notion of CR-warped products was introduced in part I of this series. It was proved in part I that every CR-warped product in a Kaehler manifold satisfies a basic inequality: . The classification of CR-warped products in complex Euclidean space satisfying the equality case of the inequality is archived in part I. The main purpose of this second part of this series is to classify CR-warped products in complex projective and complex hyperbolic spaces which satisfy the equality.     

Some Nonlinear Methods in Fréchet Operator Rings and Ψ*-Algebras

Two different inverse function theorems, one of Nash-Moser type, the other due to H. Omori , are extended to obtain special surjectivity results in locally convex and locally pseudo-convex Fréchet algebras generated by group actions and derivations. In particular, the following factorization problem is discussed. Let Ψ be a locally pseudo-convex Fréchet algebra with unit e and T₊ : Ψ → Ψ a continuous linear operator. Does there exist a neighborhood U of 0 such that the equation where T_- = I_Ψ- T, has a solution x ∈ Ψ for every y ∈ U?     

Compact Homogeneous Hypersurfaces in Hyperbolic Space

In this paper we prove that an n-dimensional compact homogeneous Riemannian manifold isometrically immersed in the hyperbolic space Hⁿ⁺¹ is isometric to a sphere.AMS Subject Classification (1990): 53A07, 53C42, 57S15     

Compact manifolds of constant scalar curvature

We consider a compact non-negatively curved Riemannian manifold M of constant scalar curvature and obtain a sufficient condition for it to be isometric to a sphere.