(1) Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 186 75 Prague 8, Czech Republic;(2) Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei-shi Nukuikita-machi 4–1–1, Tokyo, 184–8501, Japan
Abstract:
For a Riemannian manifold M, we determine somecurvature properties of a tangent sphere bundleTrM endowed with the induced Sasaki metric in the case when the constantradius r > 0 of the tangent spheres is either sufficientlysmall or sufficiently large.