Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

On the Second Equation of Obata

Fazilet Erkekoglu

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Abstract

In this paper we prove some results related to a certain vector field satisfying the second equation of Obata [8] on vector fields.

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Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 15, Number 2 (2011), 773-786.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 July 2017

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406234

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406234

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2810181

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1234.53012

Subjects
Primary: 53C99: None of the above, but in this section 58J99: None of the above, but in this section

Keywords
second covariant differential divergence Laplacian conformal vector field affine conformal vector field k-nullity vector field projective vector field Möbius equation

Citation

Erkekoglu, Fazilet. On the Second Equation of Obata. Taiwanese J. Math. 15 (2011), no. 2, 773--786. doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406234. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406234


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