Conformal paracontact curvature and the local flatness theorem (Q849373)

In this paper the authors find a tensor invariant characterizing locally the integrable para-contact Hermitian structures which are para-contact conformally equivalent to the flat structure on the hyperbolic Heisenberg group. To any integrable para-contact Hermitian structure the authors associate a curvature -type tensor \(W^{pc}\), called para-contact conformal curvature, defined in terms of the curvature and torsion of the canonical connection. It is proved that the \(W^{pc}\) of an integrable para-contact Hermitian manifold \((M, \eta)\) is invariant under para-contact conformal transformations. Necessary and sufficient conditions for \((M,\eta)\) to locally para-contact conformal to the hyperboloid \(HS^{2n+1}\) are proved. Finally, the authors show an explicit formula for the regular part of solutions of the Yamabe equation.