ON GENERALIZED QUASI-CONFORMAL N(k, μ)-MANIFOLDS

The object of the present paper is to introduce a new curva-ture tensor, named generalized quasi-conformal curvature tensor whichbridges conformal curvature tensor, concircular curvature tensor, pro-jective curvature tensor and conharmonic curvature tensor. Flatness andsymmetric properties of generalized quasi-conformal curvature tensor arestudied in the frame of (k,µ)-contact metric manifolds. 1. IntroductionIn 1968, Yano and Sawaki [27] introduced the notion of quasi-conformalcurvature tensor which contains both conformal curvature tensor as well asconcircular curvature tensor, in the context of Riemannian geometry. In tunewith Yano and Sawaki [27], the present paper attempts to introduce a newtensor field, named generalized quasi-conformal curvature tensor. The beautyof generalized quasi-conformal curvature tensor lies in the fact that it has theflavour of Riemann curvature tensor R, conformal curvature tensor C [8] con-harmonic curvature tensor Cˆ [9], concircular curvature tensor E [26, p. 84],projective curvature tensor P [26, p. 84] and m-projective curvature tensor H[15], as particular cases. The generalized quasi-conformal curvature tensor isdefined asW(X,Y)Z =2n−12n+1[(1−b+2na)−{1+2n(a+b)}c]C(X,Y )Z+[1−b+2na]E(X,Y)Z +2 n (b−a) P(X,Y )Z+2 n−12 n+1(1.1) (c −1){1+2 n(a +b)} Cˆ(X,Y)Zfor all X,Y,Z ∈ χ(M), the set of all vector field of the manifold M, where a,b and c are real constants. The above mentioned curvature tensors are defined