An explicit formula for the Webster pseudo-Ricci curvature on real hypersurfaces and its application for characterizing balls in \(\mathbb C^n\) (Q862183)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5121963
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    An explicit formula for the Webster pseudo-Ricci curvature on real hypersurfaces and its application for characterizing balls in \(\mathbb C^n\)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5121963

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      An explicit formula for the Webster pseudo-Ricci curvature on real hypersurfaces and its application for characterizing balls in \(\mathbb C^n\) (English)
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      5 February 2007
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      The authors provide an explicit formula to compute the Webster pseudo-Ricci curvature of a strictly pseudoconvex CR hypersurface. Using this result, they are able to characterize balls in \(\mathbb C^{n+1}\) by using the area and the pseudo scalar curvature.
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      Webster metric
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      CR hypersurfaces
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