Generalized recurrent symmetric tensor fields (Q1398502)

Let \((M,g)\) be an \(n\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold and \(\nabla \) the Levi-Civita connection. \textit{K. Yano} [Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo 20, 340--345 (1944; Zbl 0060.39102)] introduced the torse-forming vector field i.e. a vector field \(\xi \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }TM\) satisfying the equation \(\nabla \Xi =\lambda g+\eta \otimes \xi,\) where \(\lambda \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }M, \eta \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }T^{*}M.\) This is a generalization of the notion of the recurrent vector field \((\nabla \xi =\eta \otimes \xi ).\) In the same manner, the generalized recurrent symmetric tensor field \(\varphi \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }S^2M\) (i.e. a field \(\varphi \) satisfying the equation \(\nabla \varphi =\lambda \otimes g+\eta \otimes \varphi,\) where \(\lambda , \eta \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }T^{*}M)\) is a generalization of the notion of the recurrent tensor field \((\nabla \varphi =\eta \otimes \varphi).\) If on a manifold \((M,g)\) there exists a recurrent tensor field \(\varphi \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }S^2M,\) then there exists also a generalized recurrent tensor field \(\psi \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }S^2M;\) in fact, \(\psi =\varphi -{1\over n}(\text{trace}_g\varphi )g.\) A Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) is said to be generalized recurrent [\textit{Y. B. Maralabhavi} and \textit{M. Rathnamma}, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 30, No. 11, 1167--1171 (1999; Zbl 0981.53030)] if its curvature tensor \(R\) satisfies the equation \[ \nabla _mR^h_{ijk}=\mu _mR^h_{ijk}+\lambda _m[\delta _j^hg_{ik}-\delta _i^hg_{jk}], \] where \(\lambda , \mu \in {\mathcal C}^{\infty }T^{*}M.\) If the concircular tensor verifies an analogous formula, then \((M,g)\) is called a generalized concircular recurrent manifold. In the present paper generalized recurrent tensor fields on Riemannian manifolds with sectional curvature of fixed sign and on Euclidean space are studied. Generalized recurrent and concircular recurrent manifolds are also considered.