• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.125-133
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• 2011

A new kind of structure is introduced in an even dimensional differentiable Riemannian manifold and some basic properties of this structure is discussed. Also the existence of such structure is shown with an example.

• Honam Mathematical Journal
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.300-315
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• 2023

In this article, we deal with the biharmonicity of a vector field X viewed as a map from a pseudo-Riemannian manifold (M, g) into its tangent bundle TM endowed with the Sasaki metric g_S. Precisely, we characterize those vector fields which are biharmonic maps, and find the relationship between them and biharmonic vector fields. Afterwards, we study the biharmonicity of left-invariant vector fields on the three dimensional Heisenberg group endowed with a left-invariant Lorentzian metric. Finally, we give examples of vector fields which are proper biharmonic maps on the Gödel universe.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.1715-1723
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• 2016

We study the characteristic Jacobi operator ${\ell}={\bar{R}({\cdot},{\xi}){\xi}$ (along the Reeb flow ${\xi}$) on the unit tangent sphere bundle $T_1M$ over a Riemannian manifold ($M^n$, g). We prove that if ${\ell}$ is pseudo-parallel, i.e., ${\bar{R}{\cdot}{\ell}=L{\mathcal{Q}}({\bar{g}},{\ell})$, by a non-positive function L, then M is locally flat. Moreover, when L is a constant and $n{\neq}16$, M is of constant curvature 0 or 1.