Vanishing conditions on Weyl tensor for Einstein-type manifolds (Q2237251)

The author focuses on two geometric equations on a Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\). The first one \[ f~\mathrm{Ric}=\nabla^2f+hg \tag{\(\ast\)}\] is an Einstein-type equation and the second equation \[ f~R=\Delta f + n h \tag{\(\ast\ast\)}\] is a consequence of the first one. The notion of Einstein-type equation is an important topic in Riemannian geometry because it generalizes important geometric equations, like static and critical point equations (CPE). In the paper [Pac. J. Math. 286, No. 1, 39--67 (2017; Zbl 1356.53041)], \textit{G. Catino} et al. provided a more general Einstein-type equation and gave a classification under the Bach-flat condition. The Einstein-type equation studied in this paper was developed by \textit{J. Qing} and \textit{W. Yuan} [J. Geom. Phys. 74, 18--27 (2013; Zbl 1287.83016)] under the same Bach-flat condition. In Dimension 3, Qing and Yuan proved that if the Cotton tensor is third-order divergence-free (i.e. completely divergence-free), then a CPE manifold must be isometric to the round sphere. We emphasize the main results: \textbf{Theorem 1} Let \((M^n, g, f, h)\), \(n \geq\) 4, be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold satisfying both Equations \((*)\) and \((**)\) with zero radial Weyl curvature and fourth-order divergence-free Weyl tensor. Then the manifold \(M\) has harmonic Weyl tensor. \par As a consequence, when the CPE is satisfied, the manifold is isometric to a standard sphere. The non-compact case is also studied and leads, under the assumption that the function \(f\) is proper, to the harmonicity of the Weyl curvature. Finally, if \(M\) is also complete, the author proved that around any regular point of \(f\), the manifold is locally a warped product with \((n-1)\)-dimensional Einstein fibers.