Almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds with pseudo-parallel characteristic Jacobi operator (Q2680826)

The authors address the parallelism of the characteristic Jacobi operator in an almost Kenmotsu 3-manifold. First, they show that there exist no almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds with vanishing characteristic Jacobi operator. More strongly, they prove the non-existence of almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds with parallel characteristic Jacobi operator. On the other hand, they prove that there exists an almost Kenmotsu 3-manifold with \(\eta-\)-parallel characteristic Jacobi operator and show that almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds with pseudo-parallel characteristic Jacobi operator are classified into four classes. Moreover, they provide a complete classification of all homogeneous almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds with pseudo-parallel characteristic Jacobi operator.