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On The Triviality Of $m$-Modified Conformal Vector Fields

Differential Geometry 2024-09-13 v1

Abstract

We prove that a compact Riemannian manifold MM does not admit any non-trivial mm-modified homothetic vector fields. In the corresponding case of an mm-modified conformal vector field VV, we establish an inequality that implies the triviality of VV. Further, we demonstrate that an affine Killing mm-modified conformal vector field on a non-compact Riemannian manifold MM must be trivial. Finally, we show that an mm-modified gradient conformal vector field is trivial under the assumptions of polynomial volume growth and convergence to zero at infinity.

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@article{arxiv.2409.07607,
  title  = {On The Triviality Of $m$-Modified Conformal Vector Fields},
  author = {Rahul Poddar and Ramesh Sharma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.07607},
  year   = {2024}
}
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