Indefinite almost paracontact metric manifolds (Q963571)

Summary: We introduce the concept of (\(\varepsilon \))-almost paracontact manifolds, and in particular, of (\(\varepsilon \))-para-Sasakian manifolds. Several examples are presented. Some typical identities for curvature tensor and Ricci tensor of (\(\varepsilon \))-para Sasakian manifolds are obtained. We prove that if a semi-Riemannian manifold is one of flat, proper recurrent or proper Ricci-recurrent, then it cannot admit an (\(\varepsilon \))-para Sasakian structure. We show that, for an (\(\varepsilon \))-para Sasakian manifold, the conditions of being symmetric, semi-symmetric, or of constant sectional curvature are all identical. It is shown that a symmetric space-like (resp., time-like) (\(\varepsilon \))-para Sasakian manifold \(M^{n}\) is locally isometric to a pseudohyperbolic space \(H_{\nu }^{n}(1)\) (resp., pseudosphere \(S_{\nu }^{n}(1))\). At last, it is proved that for an (\(\varepsilon \))-para Sasakian manifold the conditions of being Ricci-semi-symmetric, Ricci-symmetric, and Einstein are all identical.