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Main Author: Jiménez, José Luis Carmona
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17496
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author Jiménez, José Luis Carmona
author_facet Jiménez, José Luis Carmona
contents A Weyl structure on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ is a torsion-free linear connection $\nabla$ such that there is a $1$-form $θ$ (called the Lee form) satisfying $\nabla g = 2\, θ\otimes g$. We examine the case in which there exists a $\nabla$-parallel distribution of codimension $1$ on which the Lee form vanishes identically. We prove that if $(M,g)$ is complete with $θ$ closed, then the Weyl structure must be flat or exact. We apply this to prove the conjecture of Lotta (Eur. J. Math., 2023), namely, every homogeneous Kenmotsu manifold is isometric to the real hyperbolic space.
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spellingShingle On Weyl structures reducible in the direction of the Lee form
Jiménez, José Luis Carmona
Differential Geometry
53C05, 53A30, 53C30, 53C15, 53D15
A Weyl structure on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ is a torsion-free linear connection $\nabla$ such that there is a $1$-form $θ$ (called the Lee form) satisfying $\nabla g = 2\, θ\otimes g$. We examine the case in which there exists a $\nabla$-parallel distribution of codimension $1$ on which the Lee form vanishes identically. We prove that if $(M,g)$ is complete with $θ$ closed, then the Weyl structure must be flat or exact. We apply this to prove the conjecture of Lotta (Eur. J. Math., 2023), namely, every homogeneous Kenmotsu manifold is isometric to the real hyperbolic space.
title On Weyl structures reducible in the direction of the Lee form
topic Differential Geometry
53C05, 53A30, 53C30, 53C15, 53D15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17496