Legendre curves on generalized paracontact metric manifolds (Q1712776)
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Legendre curves on generalized paracontact metric manifolds (English)
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31 January 2019
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An \(n\)-dimensional manifold \(M\) is called almost paracontact if it is given a triple \((\varphi, \psi, \eta)\), named paracontact structure, of a \((1,1)\)-tensor field \(\varphi\), a vector field \(\psi\) and a one-form \(\eta\) (called the paracontact form), globally defined on \(M\), such that \(\varphi^2 = I-\eta\otimes\psi\) and \(\eta(\psi)=1\). If on an almost paracontact manifold \((M,\varphi, \psi, \eta)\), there exists a (semi-)Riemannian structure \(g\) such that: \(g(\varphi X,\varphi Y) = \varepsilon' g(X,Y) +\varepsilon\eta(X)\eta(Y)\) where \(\varepsilon',\varepsilon \in \{-1,1\}\), then we call \(M\) an \((\varepsilon',\varepsilon)\)-almost paracontact metric manifold. A map \(F: (M,\varphi, \psi, \eta, g) \to (\widetilde{M},\widetilde{\varphi}, \widetilde{\psi}, \widetilde{\eta}, \widetilde{g})\) between two almost \((\varepsilon',\varepsilon)\)-almost paracontact metric manifolds is called \(\pm\)paraholomorphic, if \(F\) commutes (or anti-commutes) with the structure, i.e., \(\widetilde{\varphi}\circ dF = \pm dF\circ \varphi\). Several formulas of paraholomorphic maps are established, and a result of Lichnerowicz type is obtained. The connection transformations which have the same system of paracontact-planar Legendre curves are characterized. Conformal changes of metrics which preserve geodesics (resp. paracontact-planar Legendre curves) are studied.
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paracontact structures on manifolds
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linear connection
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geodesics
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planar curve
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harmonic map
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paraholomorphic maps
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Legendre curves
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