Generalized Obata theorem and its applications on foliations

DOI10.1016/j.jmaa.2010.10.022zbMath1211.53059arXiv0908.4545WikidataQ125809702 ScholiaQ125809702MaRDI QIDQ624564

Keum Ran Lee, Seoung Dal Jung, Ken V. Richardson

Publication date: 9 February 2011

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.4545

zbMATH Keywords

Obata theorem; positive transverse scalar curvature; transverse conformal field; transverse Killing field; transversely Einstein foliation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C12: Foliations (differential geometric aspects)

53C21: Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions

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