scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1021797

Authors Koji Matsumoto, Ion Mihai, R. Rosca

Publication date 2 December 1997

Cartan involution exterior differential system foliation geometric vector field gradient almost torse forming vector field structured manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15)

Review text

Torse forming vector fields were defined by \textit{K. Yano} [Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo 20, 340-345 (1944; Zbl 0060.39102)] and studied by \textit{M. Petrović}, \textit{R. Roşca} and \textit{L. Verstraelen} [Soochow J. Math. 15, 179-187 (1989; Zbl 0692.53004)], \textit{C. Udrişte} [Tensor, New Ser. 42, 137-144 (1985; Zbl 0589.53045)], \textit{D. Naitza} and \textit{I. Mihai} [Bull. Math. Soc. Sci. Math. Roum., in press], etc. Let \((M,g)\) be a Riemannian manifold and \(\nabla\) the Levi-Civita connection. The gradient almost torse forming vector field \(X\) is introduced in this paper by the relation \[ \nabla X= fdp+ X^\flat \otimes U+ U^\flat \otimes X, \] where \(f\in C^\infty(M)\), and \(X^\flat\), \(U^\flat\) are respectively the 1-forms associated to the \(C^\infty\) vector fields \(X\), \(U\) via the metric \(g\). The authors prove that the existence of a such a vector field is determined by an exterior differential system in Cartan involution. Also, they find interesting and deep properties of manifolds supporting gradient almost torse forming vector fields.

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