In physics, Killing tensors were deeply studied, since they define first integrals of the equation of motion. In particular, first integrals of the geodesic flow on the 2-dimensional torus were studied for example in [\textit{A. V. Bolsinov} et al., Sb. Math. 189, No. 10, 1441--1466 (1998; Zbl 0917.58031); translation from Mat. Sb. 189, No. 10, 5--32 (1998)], where it was shown that every metric \(\widetilde{g}\) on \(T^2\) with linear first integrals is conformal to the flat metric \(g = dx^2 + dy^2\). More exactly, \(\widetilde{g} = e^{2f (ax+by)}g\), where \(f\) is a periodic real function and \(a, b\) are real constants. The authors proved in their previous work [J. Geom. Phys. 106, 383--400 (2016; Zbl 1342.53066)], that if a vector field \(\xi\) is Killing with respect to \(\widetilde{g}\), then \(\xi\) is conformal Killing with respect to the flat metric \(g\). Thus, \(\xi\) can be written as \(\xi = b \frac{\partial}{\partial x} - a \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\) and since \(\xi\) preserves both metrics, it follows that \(\xi(f) = 0\), i.e., \(f(x,y)\) is a function of \(ax + by\). Using the same formalism, they generalize here the above-mentioned result to the \(n\)-dimensional torus, endowed with a metric \(\widetilde{g} = e^{2f(x_n)}(dx_1^2+\dots+dx_n^2)\), where \(f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is a non-constant \(2\pi\)-periodic function. They prove that a tensor \(K\) which is Killing with respect to \(\widetilde{g}\) is a polynomial in the Killing vector fields \(\frac{\partial}{\partial x^1},\dots,\frac{\partial}{\partial x^{n-1}}\) and in the metric tensor \(\widetilde{g}\).
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