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http://dx.doi.org/10.5831/HMJ.2016.38.2.375

PSEUDO-SYMMETRY ON UNIT TANGENT SPHERE BUNDLES  

Cho, Jong Taek (Department of Mathematics, Chonnam National University)
Chun, Sun Hyang (Department of Mathematics, Chosun University)
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Honam Mathematical Journal / v.38, no.2, 2016 , pp. 375-384 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we study the pseudo-symmetry of unit tangent sphere bundle. We prove that if the unit tangent sphere bundle $T_1M$ with standard contact metric structure over a locally symmetric $M^n$, $n{\geq}3$ is pseudo-symmetric, then M is of constant curvature.
Keywords
pseudo-symmetry; unit tangent sphere bundles;
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