On the curvature groups of a CR manifold (Q879754): Difference between revisions

Let \(M\) be a strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold of CR dimension \(n\) with a contact form \(\theta\) on \(M\) such that the Levi form \(L_\theta\) is positive definite. Let \(S_ 1\to C(M)\to M\) be the canonical circle bundle with the Fefferman metric \(F_\theta\) on \(C(M)\). Let \(GL(2n +2, \mathbb R)\to L(C(M))\to C(M)\) be the principal bundle of linear frames tangent to \(C(M)\) with the Levi-Civita connection \(\Gamma : u\in L(C(M))\mapsto \Gamma_ u\subset T_ u(L(C(M)))\) of \(F_\theta\). Let \(H^ k(C(M), \Gamma)\) be the curvature groups of \((C(M), \Gamma)\). In this paper, the authors show that if \((M,\theta)\) is a pseudo--Einstein manifold of constant pseudohermitian scalar curvature \(\rho\), then the curvature groups \(H^ k(C(M), \Gamma)\) are isomorphic to the de Rham cohomology groups of \(C(M)\). Also, they show that any infinitesimal conformal transformation of the Fefferman metric \(F_\theta\) is a parallel vector field.