Two theorems on Osserman manifolds.

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(02)00160-2MaRDI QIDQ1405261zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Y. Nikolayevsky

Publication date 25 August 2003

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-2245(02)00160-2

zbMATH Keywords

Clifford structure Jacobi operator Osserman manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25)

Review text

Let \(M^n\) be a Riemannian manifold. For a point \(p\in M^n\) and a unit vector \(X\in T_pM^n\), the Jacobi operator is defined by \(R_X=R(X,\cdot )X\), where \(R\) is the curvature tensor. An algebraic curvature tensor \(R\) is Osserman if the eigenvalues of the Jacobi operator \(R_X\) do not depend on the choice of a unit vector \(X\in \mathbb{R}^n\). A Riemannian manifold \(M^n\) is called pointwise Osserman if its curvature tensor is Osserman. If, in addition, the eigenvalues of the Jacobi operator are constant on \(M^n\), the manifold \(M^n\) is called a globally Osserman. Osserman conjectured that globally Osserman manifold \(M^n\) is two-point homogeneous. Based on this conjecture, the author proves the following theorems: Theorem 1. A pointwise Osserman manifold \(M^n\) of dimension \(n=8k+4\), \(k\in \mathbb{N}\), is two-point homogeneous. Theorem 2. Let \(M^n\) be a globally Osserman manifold with the Jacobi operator having exactly two eigenvalues. In the case \(n=16\), assume in addition that the multiplicities of the eigenvalues are not 7 or 8. Then \(M^n\) is two-point homogeneous.

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