Five-dimensional \(K\)-contact Lie algebras (Q438982)

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    Five-dimensional \(K\)-contact Lie algebras
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6062627

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      Five-dimensional \(K\)-contact Lie algebras (English)
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      31 July 2012
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      A contact metric manifold \((M,\varphi,\xi,\eta,g)\) is called ``\(K\)-contact'' if its characteristic vector field \(\xi\) is a Killing field. It is known that a necessary and sufficient condition is that the Lie derivative satisfies \(L_\xi\phi=0\). Sasakian manifolds are \(K\)-contact but the converse fails in dimension greater than \(3\). The main goal of this paper is to introduce a general approach to left-invariant \(K\)-contact structures on Lie groups. In particular, a full classification is obtained in dimension \(5\).
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      contact metric structures
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      Lie algebras
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      \(K\)-contact and Sasakian structures
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      \(\phi\)-symmetric spaces
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