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This article aims to classify closed vacuum static spaces with a non-Killing closed conformal vector field. We firstly provide several characterizations of the conditions under which the first derivative of the warping function fulfills the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Jian Ye

We prove conformal versions of the local decomposition theorems of de Rham and Hiepko of a Riemannian manifold as a Riemannian or a warped product of Riemannian manifolds. Namely, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ruy Tojeiro

We develop a Helmholtz-like theorem for differential forms in Euclidean space $E_{n}$ using a uniqueness theorem similar to the one for vector fields. We then apply it to Riemannian manifolds, $R_{n}$, which, by virtue of the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-12-02 Jose G. Vargas

It is first shown that the scalar product on any orthogonal space (V, g) allows one to define linear isomorphisms of the vector spaces of bivectors and 2-forms on V with the underlying vector spaces of the Lie algebra so(p, q) and its dual,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-24 D. H. Delphenich

A three-dimensional Riemannian manifold has locally 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 or none independent Killing vectors. We present an explicit algorithm for computing dimension of the infinitesimal isometry algebra. It branches according to the values of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-08 Boris Kruglikov , Kentaro Tomoda

A special case of the main result states that a complete $1$-connected Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ is isometric to one of the models $\mathbb R^n$, $S^n(c)$, $\mathbb H^n(-c)$ of constant curvature if and only if every $p\in M^n$ is a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Xiaoyang Chen , Francisco Fontenele , Frederico Xavier

We show that any conformal vector field on a compact lcK manifold is Killing with respect to the Gauduchon metric. Furthermore, we prove that any conformal vector field on a compact lcK manifold whose K\"ahler cover is neither flat, nor…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Andrei Moroianu , Mihaela Pilca

New splitting theorems in a semi-Riemannian manifold which admits an irrotational vector field (not necessarily a gradient) with some suitable properties are obtained. According to the extras hypothesis assumed on the vector field, we can…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Manuel Gutierrez , Benjamin Olea

The goal of this paper is to clarify connections between Killing fields of constant length on a Rimannian geodesic orbit manifold $(M,g)$ and the structure of its full isometry group. The Lie algebra of the full isometry group of $(M,g)$ is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-29 Yu. G. Nikonorov

We determine Killing vector fields on the $3$-dimensional space $\mathbb R^3$ endowed with a special diagonal metric.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-19 Adara M. Blaga

We show that given a compact, connected $m$-quasi Einstein manifold $(M,g,X)$ without boundary, the potential vector field $X$ is Killing if and only if $(M, g)$ has constant scalar curvature. This extends a result of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-04 Eric Cochran

We study the Lie algebra of infinitesimal isometries on compact Sasakian and K--contact manifolds. On a Sasakian manifold which is not a space form or 3--Sasakian, every Killing vector field is an infinitesimal automorphism of the Sasakian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Florin Belgun , Andrei Moroianu , Uwe Semmelmann

In this paper, we first deduce a formula of S-curvature of homogeneous Finsler spaces in terms of Killing vector fields. Then we prove that a homogeneous Finsler space has isotropic S-curvature if and only if it has vanishing S-curvature.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-25 Ming Xu , Shaoqiang Deng

Using a generalised Killing-Yano equation in the presence of torsion, spacetime metrics admitting a rank-2 generalised Killing-Yano tensor are investigated in five dimensions under the assumption that its eigenvector associated with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Tsuyoshi Houri , Kei Yamamoto

We prove that every conformal vector field on the complex hyperbolic space $\mathbb{C}H^n$ is Killing for all $n\ge 2$. Although this rigidity is classically known, our proof is entirely different in nature: it is local, analytic, and fully…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Hiroyasu Satoh , Hemangi Madhusudan Shah

Near Horizon Geometries with multiply degenerate Killing horizons $\mathcal{H}$ are considered, and their degenerate Killing vector fields identified. We prove that they all arise from hypersurface-orthogonal Killing vectors of any cut of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-05 Marc Mars , Tim-Torben Paetz , José M. M. Senovilla

In this paper we develop new methods of study of generalized normal homogeneous Riemannian manifolds. In particular, we obtain a complete classification of generalized normal homogeneous Riemannian metrics on spheres. We prove that for any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-26 V. N. Berestovskii , Yu. G. Nikonorov

In this paper we solve the problem of finding integrals of equations determining the Killing tensors on an $n$ -dimensional differentiable manifold $M$ endowed with an equiaffine $ SL(n, R) $ -structure and discuss possible applications of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-09 S. E. Stepanov , I. I. Tsyganok

We elaborate on basic properties of generalized Killing-Yano tensors which naturally extend Killing-Yano symmetry in the presence of skew-symmetric torsion. In particular, we discuss their relationship to Killing tensors and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-07-29 Tsuyoshi Houri , David Kubiznak , Claude M. Warnick , Yukinori Yasui

The Rainich problem for the Killing-Yano tensors posed by Collinson \cite{col} is solved. In intermediate steps, we first obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions for a 2+2 almost-product structure to determine the principal 2--planes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 J. J. Ferrando , J. A. Sáez