Five-dimensional \(K\)-contact Lie algebras (Q438982)
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Five-dimensional \(K\)-contact Lie algebras (English)
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31 July 2012
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A contact metric manifold \((M,\varphi,\xi,\eta,g)\) is called ``\(K\)-contact'' if its characteristic vector field \(\xi\) is a Killing field. It is known that a necessary and sufficient condition is that the Lie derivative satisfies \(L_\xi\phi=0\). Sasakian manifolds are \(K\)-contact but the converse fails in dimension greater than \(3\). The main goal of this paper is to introduce a general approach to left-invariant \(K\)-contact structures on Lie groups. In particular, a full classification is obtained in dimension \(5\).
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contact metric structures
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Lie algebras
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\(K\)-contact and Sasakian structures
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\(\phi\)-symmetric spaces
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