• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.60 no.1
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• pp.143-165
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• 2023

For each connected and simply connected three-dimensional non-unimodular Lie group, we classify the left invariant Lorentzian metrics up to automorphism, and study the extent to which curvature can be altered by a change of metric. Thereby we obtain the Ricci operator, the scalar curvature, and the sectional curvatures as functions of left invariant Lorentzian metrics on each of these groups. Our study is a continuation and extension of the previous studies done in [3] for Riemannian metrics and in [1] for Lorentzian metrics on unimodular Lie groups.

• Honam Mathematical Journal
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.637-645
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• 2014

We study 3-dimensional non-unimodular Lie groups with a left-invariant almost Kenmotsu structure.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.793-805
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• 2017

In this paper, we prove that the Ricci tensor of a three-dimensional almost Kenmotsu manifold satisfying ${\nabla}_{\xi}h=0$, $h{\neq}0$, is ${\eta}$-parallel if and only if the manifold is locally isometric to either the Riemannian product $\mathbb{H}^2(-4){\times}\mathbb{R}$ or a non-unimodular Lie group equipped with a left invariant non-Kenmotsu almost Kenmotsu structure.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.253-263
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• 2019

Let M be a curvature homogeneous or ball-homogeneous non-$coK{\ddot{a}}hler$ almost $coK{\ddot{a}}hler$ 3-manifold. In this paper, we prove that M is locally isometric to a unimodular Lie group if and only if the Reeb vector field ${\xi}$ is an eigenvector field of the Ricci operator. To extend this result, we prove that M is homogeneous if and only if it satisfies ${\nabla}_{\xi}h=2f{\phi}h$, $f{\in}{\mathbb{R}}$.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.60 no.6
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• pp.1303-1336
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• 2023

In this paper, we study the 𝜂-parallelism of the Ricci operator of almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds. First, we prove that an almost Kenmotsu 3-manifold M satisfying ∇_𝜉h = -2𝛼h𝜑 for some constant 𝛼 has dominantly 𝜂-parallel Ricci operator if and only if it is locally symmetric. Next, we show that if M is an H-almost Kenmotsu 3-manifold satisfying ∇_𝜉h = -2𝛼h𝜑 for a constant 𝛼, then M is a Kenmotsu 3-manifold or it is locally isomorphic to certain non-unimodular Lie group equipped with a left invariant almost Kenmotsu structure. The dominantly 𝜂-parallelism of the Ricci operator is equivalent to the local symmetry on homogeneous almost Kenmotsu 3-manifolds.