3-dimensional Levi-Civita metrics with projective vector fields (Q2145842)

Projective vector fields are the infinitesimal transformations whose local flow preserves geodesics up to reparametrization. In 1882, Sophus Lie posed the following problem for 2-dimensional surfaces: Find the metrics that describe surfaces whose geodesic curves admit an infinitesimal transformation. This problem has been solved recently in [\textit{R. L. Bryant} et al., Math. Ann. 340, No. 2, 437--463 (2008; Zbl 1144.53025); \textit{V. S. Matveev}, Math. Ann. 352, No. 4, 865--909 (2012; Zbl 1237.53013); the authors, J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 135, 26--82 (2020; Zbl 1434.53012)]. The present paper deals with the analogous problem for manifolds of dimension 3. In particular, the authors solve this problem for 3-dimensional metrics and, more generally, for Levi-Civita metrics of arbitrary signature.