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Spectral properties of Killing vector fields of constant length

Differential Geometry 2020-05-19 v1

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of properties of Killing vector fields of constant length on Riemannian manifolds. If g\mathfrak{g} is a Lie algebra of Killing vector fields on a given Riemannian manifold (M,g)(M,g), and XgX\in \mathfrak{g} has constant length on (M,g)(M,g), then we prove that the linear operator ad(X):gg\operatorname{ad}(X):\mathfrak{g} \rightarrow \mathfrak{g} has a pure imaginary spectrum. More detailed structure results on the corresponding operator ad(X)\operatorname{ad}(X) are obtained. Some special examples of vector fields of constant length are constructed.

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@article{arxiv.1902.02500,
  title  = {Spectral properties of Killing vector fields of constant length},
  author = {Yu. G. Nikonorov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.02500},
  year   = {2020}
}

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