About an integral inequality and rigidity of \(m\)-quasi-Einstein manifolds (Q6084866)

It is a useful practice in Riemannian geometry to use integral identities to study problems in geometric analysis and mathematical physics. \textit{R. C. Reilly}'s identity obtained in [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 26, 459--472 (1977; Zbl 0391.53019)] relates the integral of the gradient and the Laplace operator on a smooth domain in a Riemannian manifold to the integral over its boundary of the Hessian. In the present article the authors apply a Reilly-type identity to obtain an integral inequality for the boundary of a bounded domain in an \(m\)-quasi-Einstein manifold. In the equality case, a rigidity characterization for the whole manifold is obtained.