scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1348401
Let \((M^{2n+1},\phi,\xi,\eta,g)\) be a contact metric manifold and let us define the tensor field \(h=\frac 12L_\xi\phi\) where \(L\) is the Lie-derivation operator. The aim of this paper is to give a classification of locally symmetric contact metric manifolds using the spectrum of \(h\). The author distinguishes two cases, \(2n+1=5\) and \(2n+1>5\), and corresponding to these cases she proves: Theorem 1. Let \(M\) be a complete \(5\)-dimensional locally symmetric contact metric manifold. Then the simply-connected covering space is either \(S^5(1)\) or \(E^3\times S^2(4)\). Theorem 2. Let \(M^{2n+1}\), \(2n+1>5\), be a locally symmetric contact metric manifold and suppose that the spectrum of \(h\) is given by the set \(\{0,+1,-1\}\) with \(+1\) and \(-1\) as eigenvalues of multiplicity \(n\) and \(0\) as simple eigenvalue. Then \(M^{2n+1}\) is locally isometric to the Riemannian product \( E^{n+1}\times S^n(4)\). These results yield the main theorem of the paper: Theorem 3. Let \(M^{2n+1}\) be a locally symmetric contact metric manifold. Then \(M^{2n+1}\) admits a foliation whose leaves are totally geodesic and locally isometric to the Riemannian product \( E^{m+1}\times S^m(4)\) where \(m\) is the multiplicity of the eigenvalue \(+1\) of \(h\).
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