3-dimensional Levi-Civita metrics with projective vector fields

DOI10.1016/J.MATPUR.2022.05.012MaRDI QIDQ2145842zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gianni Manno, Andreas Vollmer

Publication date 15 June 2022

Published in Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. Neuvième Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06785

zbMATH Keywords

Levi-Civita metricsprojective vector fieldsprojectively equivalent metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective differential geometry (53A20) Projective connections (53B10) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Abstract: Projective vector fields are the infinitesimal transformations whose local flow preserves geodesics up to reparametrisation. In 1882 Sophus Lie posed the problem of describing 2-dimensional metrics admitting a non-trivial projective vector field, which was solved in recent years. In the present paper, we solve the analog of Lie's problem in dimension 3, for Riemannian metrics and, more generally, for Levi-Civita metrics of arbitrary signature.

Review text

Projective vector fields are the infinitesimal transformations whose local flow preserves geodesics up to reparametrization. In 1882, Sophus Lie posed the following problem for 2-dimensional surfaces: Find the metrics that describe surfaces whose geodesic curves admit an infinitesimal transformation. This problem has been solved recently in [\textit{R. L. Bryant} et al., Math. Ann. 340, No. 2, 437--463 (2008; Zbl 1144.53025); \textit{V. S. Matveev}, Math. Ann. 352, No. 4, 865--909 (2012; Zbl 1237.53013); the authors, J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 135, 26--82 (2020; Zbl 1434.53012)]. The present paper deals with the analogous problem for manifolds of dimension 3. In particular, the authors solve this problem for 3-dimensional metrics and, more generally, for Levi-Civita metrics of arbitrary signature.

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