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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 1999 Volume 261, Pages 240–265 (Mi znsl1102)

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The vector space of the conformal Killing forms on a Riemannian manifold

S. E. Stepanov

Vladimir State Pedagogical University

Abstract: The concept of a conformal Killing $p$-form in a Riemannian manifold of dimension $m>p\ge1$ was introduced by S. Tashibana and T. Kashiwada. They generalized some results of a conformal Killing vector field to a conformal Killing $p$-form.
In this paper we define a conformal Killing $p$-form with the help of natural differental operators on Riemannian manifolds and representations of orthogonal groups. Then we consider the vector space $\mathbf T^p(M,\mathbf R)$ of conformal Killing $p$-forms and it's two subspaces $\mathbf K^p(M,\mathbf R)$ of coclosed conformal Killing $p$-forms and $\mathbf P^p(M,\mathbf R)$ of closed conformal Killing $p$-forms. In particular, we generalize some local and global results of Tashibana and Kashiwada about a conformal Killing and Killing $p$-forms.
In the end of the paper we give an interesting application to Hermitian geometry.

UDC: 514.763

Received: 29.03.1999


 English version:
Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 2002, 110:4, 2892–2906

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