3-dimensional Levi-Civita metrics with projective vector fields (Q2145842): Difference between revisions

Projective vector fields are the infinitesimal transformations whose local flow preserves geodesics up to reparametrization. In 1882, Sophus Lie posed the following problem for 2-dimensional surfaces: Find the metrics that describe surfaces whose geodesic curves admit an infinitesimal transformation. This problem has been solved recently in [\textit{R. L. Bryant} et al., Math. Ann. 340, No. 2, 437--463 (2008; Zbl 1144.53025); \textit{V. S. Matveev}, Math. Ann. 352, No. 4, 865--909 (2012; Zbl 1237.53013); the authors, J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 135, 26--82 (2020; Zbl 1434.53012)]. The present paper deals with the analogous problem for manifolds of dimension 3. In particular, the authors solve this problem for 3-dimensional metrics and, more generally, for Levi-Civita metrics of arbitrary signature.