An Obata type result for the first eigenvalue of the sub-Laplacian on a CR manifold with a divergence-free torsion

DOI10.1007/s00022-013-0145-7zbMath1266.32043arXiv1203.5812OpenAlexW2073145138WikidataQ126173840 ScholiaQ126173840MaRDI QIDQ1945677

Dimiter Vassilev, Stefan Ivanov

Publication date: 8 April 2013

Published in: Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5812

zbMATH Keywords

sub-Laplacianpseudohermitian manifoldLichnerowicz-Obata theoremWebster metricSasakian unit sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) CR structures, CR operators, and generalizations (32V05)

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