Improving the metric in an open manifold with nonnegative curvature

The soul theorem states that any open Riemannian manifold with nonnegative sectional curvature contains a totally geodesic compact submanifold such that is diffeomorphic to the normal bundle of . In this paper we show how to modify into a new metric so that:

1. has nonnegative sectional curvature and soul .
2. The normal exponential map of is a diffeomorphism.
3. splits as a product outside of a compact set.

As a corollary we obtain that any such is diffeomorphic to the interior of a convex set in a compact manifold with nonnegative sectional curvature.

     

Killing vector fields and the curvature tensor of a Riemannian manifold

We find a convenient expression for the value of the covariant curvature 4-tensor of an arbitrary Riemannian manifold on a quadruple of its Killing vector fields. With its use, we in particular obtain a simple deduction of the well-known formula to calculate the sectional curvature of a homogeneous Riemannian space.     

On the curvature of contact metric manifolds

Some results on Ricci-symmetric contact metric manifolds are obtained. Second order parallel tensors and vector fields keeping curvature tensor invariant are characterized on a class of contact manifolds. Conformally flat contact manifolds are studied assuming certain curvature conditions. Finally some results onk-nullity distribution of contact manifolds are obtained.     

On almost contact metric hypersurface of a Kahler manifold

We have studied the normality of an almost contact metric hypersurface of a Kahler manifold. Quasi-umbilical and umbilical properties have also been studied.     

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.     

A metric on the manifold of immersions and its Riemannian curvature

E. Binz [1] considered two canonical Riemannian metrics on the space of embeddings of a closed (n–1) dimensional manifold into ⁿ , and computed the geodesic sprays. Here we consider the space of immersions Imm (M, N) whereM is without boundary, and we compute the covariant derivative (in the form of its connector) and the Riemannian curvature of one of these metrics, the non trivial one. The setting is close to that used byP. Michor [2], and we refer the reader to this paper for notation.     

Traceless component of the conformal curvature tensor in Kähler manifold

We investigate the traceless component of the conformal curvature tensor defined by (2.1) in Kähler manifolds of dimension ? 4, and show that the traceless component is invariant under concircular change. In particular, we determine Kähler manifolds with vanishing traceless component and improve some theorems (for example, [4, pp. 313–317]) concerning the conformal curvature tensor and the spectrum of the Laplacian acting on p (0 ? p ? 2)-forms on the manifold by using the traceless component.     

Conformally invariant tensors of an almost Hermitian manifold associated with the holomorphic curvature tensor

We consider an almost Hermitian manifold and apply the conformal change of metric to its holomorphic curvature tensor. In such a way we find that the generalized Bochner curvature tensor can be expressed as a linear combination of B ₁, B ₂, and B ₃ such that (6.4) holds. Each of the tensors B ₁, B ₂, B ₃ is conformally invariant and satisfies the condition (1.2) of K?hler type.     

Submanifolds of Kaehlerian manifold with a metric compound structure of rank 2

Summary The metric compound structure of rank r is an obstructed structure of an induced structure on a real submanifold in an almost Hermitian manifold. In this paper we deal with a submanifold with metric compound structure of rank 2 in a Kaehlerian manifold and we classify it under some suitable conditions. Namely it is a standard sphere or neither Einstein nor conformally flat.     

Geometric properties of almost contact metric 3-submersions

Summary In this paper, we discuss some geometric properties of three types of Riemannian submersions whose total space is an almost contact metric manifold with 3-structure. The study is focused on the transference of structures.     

Geometric interpretation of curvature and torsion tensors in a generalized Finsler space

We give geometric interpretations of a torsion tensor and curvature tensors in a generalized Finsler space (with an asymmetric basic tensor).     

On the induced almost contact structure of a Brieskorn manifold

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Extension of a Riemannian metric with vanishing curvature

Let $\text{Ω}$ be a connected and simply-connected open subset of $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ such that the geodesic distance in $\text{Ω}$ is equivalent to the Euclidean distance. Let there be given a Riemannian metric (g_ij) of class $\text{C}{}^2$ and of vanishing curvature in $\text{Ω}$, such that the functions g_ij and their partial derivatives of order $\text{?}\text{2}$ have continuous extensions to $\text{Ω}$. Then there exists a connected open subset $\text{Ω}$ of $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ containing $\text{Ω}$ and a Riemannian metric $\text{(}\text{g}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{ij}}\text{)}$ of class $\text{C}{}^2$ and of vanishing curvature in $\text{Ω}$ that extends the metric (g_ij). To cite this article: P.G. Ciarlet, C. Mardare, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).