The general solution of the Eisenhart equation and projective motions of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds (Q2192155)

A projective structure on a pseudo-Riemannian manifold \(M^n\) is defined as a principal subfibration \(\prod\) of the bundle \(P^2(M)\) of second-order frames. A vector field \(X\) on a pseudo-Riemannian manifold \(M^n\) with projective structure \(\prod\) is called projective motion if the local \(1\)-parameter transformation group generated by this field in a neighborhood of each point \(x\in M\) consist of (local) projection transformations. The problem of projective transformations in \(M^n\) is closely related to the problem of geodesic mappings of (pseudo) Riemannian spaces. The present paper deals with the question how to find the metrics that can admit projective motions and, for each of them, to find a maximal projective Lie algebra.