Abstract
We study almost contact metric structures on 5-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras and investigate the class of left invariant almost contact metric structures on corresponding Lie groups. We determine certain classes that a five-dimensional nilpotent Lie group can not be equipped with.
1. Introduction
It is well-known that every connected odd dimensional Lie group is equipped with a left invariant almost contact metric structure. These structures give rise to almost contact metric structures on corresponding Lie algebras [1]. In literature, some certain classes of such structures are studied. In [2], some general results on 5-dimensional Sasakian Lie algebras were stated, and it was proved that an odd dimensional nilpotent Lie group with a left invariant Sasakian structure is isomorphic to the real Heisenberg group. In addition, a classification of five-dimensional Sasakian Lie algebras were obtained. Then, in [3], left invariant K-contact structures on five-dimensional Lie groups were investigated. Three-dimensional homogeneous almost contact metric structures were considered in [4]. In [5], cosymplectic and α-cosymplectic Lie algebras were investigated in terms of corresponding symplectic Lie algebras and suitable derivations on them.
Our aim in this manuscript is to determine almost contact metric structures on five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras by direct calculation. We use the classification of five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras given in [6]. We consider some certain classes of almost contact metric structures, and, by this approach, we get some general results on left invariant almost contact metric structures on five-dimensional nilpotent Lie groups.
2. Preliminaries
Let be a differentiable manifold of dimension . If there is a tensor field φ, a vector field ξ and a one-form η on M satisfying:
then, M is said to have an almost contact structure . A manifold with an almost contact structure is called an almost contact manifold. If, in addition to an almost contact structure , M also admits a Riemannian metric g such that
for all vector fields , then M is an almost contact metric manifold with the almost contact metric structure . The Riemannian metric g is called a compatible metric. The one-form defined by
for all is called the fundamental two-form of the almost contact metric manifold . In [7], a classification of almost contact metric manifolds was obtained via the study of the covariant derivative of the fundamental two-form. A space having the same symmetries as the covariant derivative of the fundamental two-form was written, and, then, this space was decomposed into twelve irreducible components . There are invariant subspaces, each corresponding to a class of almost contact metric manifolds. For example, the trivial class for which [8], corresponds to the class of cosymplectic (called co-Kähler by some authors) manifolds, is the class of nearly-K-cosymplectic manifolds, etc. [7]. For classification of almost contact metric structures (see also [9]). In this work, we focus on cosymplectic, nearly cosymplectic, α-Sasakian, β-Kenmotsu and almost cosymplectic structures.
Let be an almost contact metric structure on M with the fundamental two-form Φ. is called:
- nearly cosymplectic if ,
- α-Sasakian () if for a constant α,
- β-Kenmotsu () if for a constant β,
- semi cosymplectic () if and , where δ denotes the coderivative of a differential form,
- almost cosymplectic () if and , where d denotes the exterior derivative of a differential form,
In literature, there are different but related definitions of cosymplectic structures. Here, we remind them and relate to the classes we use. In [5,10], an almost cosymplectic manifold is defined as a smooth manifold with a one-form η and a two-form Φ such that is a volume form. If both η and Φ are closed, then the manifold is said to be cosymplectic. In the same context, if and for a constant α, then the manifold is called α-cosymplectic. An almost contact metric manifold where is a α cosymplectic structure is called an almost co-Kählbaser manifold. In addition, if this manifold is normal, then it is said to be co-Kähler. An almost contact metric manifold such that is an α-cosymplectic structure is called an almost α co-Kähler manifold. A normal almost α co-Kähler manifold is said to be α co-Kähler. Refer to [5,10] and references therein. “Almost cosymplectic”, “cosymlectic” and “α-Kenmotsu” structures in our paper correspond to “almost co-Kähler”, “co-Kähler” and “α co-Kähler” in [5], respectively. Throughout the paper, the definitions in and [7,8] will be followed.
The existence of metric connections on five-dimensional almost contact metric manifolds compatible with the almost contact structure was investigated in [11]. The space of torsion tensors of a metric connection splits into ten -irreducible subspaces , , …, . Thus, there are classes of almost contact metric structures in five-dimensions according to components of torsion tensor [11].
An almost contact metric structure on a connected Lie group G is said to be left invariant if g is left invariant and if the left multiplication map , has properties
for all .
Let g be an odd dimensional Lie algebra. An almost contact metric structure on g is a quadruple , where η is a one-form, φ is an endomorphism of g, such that
for all vector fields and g is a positive definite compatible inner product on g. It is also convenient to use defining relations for the structures on Lie algebras. For instance, an almost contact metric structure on a Lie algebra g is said to be nearly cosymplectic if for any X, Y in g, etc.
Let G be a connected Lie group endowed with a left invariant almost contact metric structure and be the corresponding Lie algebra of G. Then, this structure uniquely yields an almost contact metric structure on g.
In this work, we study almost contact metric structures on five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras. The classification of nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension was obtained in [6] (see also [12,13]). Indeed, are five-dimensional nilpotent algebras with the corresponding basis and non-zero brackets as follows:
The rest of the classes are abelian.
3. Almost Contact Metric Structures on
Let G be a connected Lie group and a left invariant a.c.m.s. (almost contact metric structure) on G. Denote the corresponding a.c.m.s. on g by the same symbols. Choose the basis such that basis elements are g-orthonormal.
First, we investigate the existence of some classes of almost contact metric structures on each .
The algebra : By Kozsul’s formula, the covariant derivatives of the basis elements are as follows:
- There exists no cosymplectic structure on .To see this, assume is a two-form on such that . Then, for any elements of the basis:It is easy to see that if and only if for any . Thus, is not cosymplectic.
- There is no nearly cosymplectic structure (i.e., ). Let , by direct calculation, we obtain,where and and the remaining coefficents are zero. Thus . By polarizing the equation , we getThen for X = e2, Y = e3 and Z = e5 in the equation (2), we obtain b13 = −b24. In addition, replacing e3, e5 and e2 for X, Y, Z respectively in the equation (2), we get b13 = 2b24. Thus, b13 = b24 = 0. On the other hand, we get b14 = b23 and 2b23 = −b14 for X = e3, Y = e1 and Z = e5 and X = e1, Y = e5 and Z = e3 respectively in the equation (2), which implies b14 = b23 = 0.
- There is no non-zero parallel vector field on . Let be a parallel vector field on (i.e., ). Then, by the Kozsul formula, we have for .Note that since for all vector fields X and Y, we have for any almost contact metric structure on . In particular, is neither (nearly-K-cosymplectic), nor .
- A vector field ξ on is Killing if and only if .Let be a Killing vector field. Then, for any , we have . Then,yields . Similarly, since , we have and gives . In addition, implies . As a result, .
- There exists -Sasakian structure on where the fundamental two-form is and . Note that this structure is given in [2] as a Sasakian structure because of the coefficient 2 in the defining relation of a Sasakian structure.
- There is no β-Kenmotsu structure.Assume is a β-Kenmotsu structure with fundamental two-form . Then, for any basis elements , which implies that and . On the other hand for , , and for , , in the defining relation of a β-Kenmotsu structure, we obtain and , respectively. Thus, . Similar arguments work if X, Y, Z are replaced by other basis elements. We get for all i, j. As a result the structure is not β-Kenmotsu.
- There is no almost cosymplectic structure.Let and . Then, since and for , we get . This yields iff . On the other hand, we have , which is zero iff . In this case, and , which contradicts with the assumption that is an almost contact metric structure.
- There are semi cosymplectic structures on .For any vector on , we have . Thus, for all X iff . In addition, for any one-form η. Choose, for example, the a.c.m.s. , where , and . This structure is semi cosymplectic.
- Consider the a.c.m.s. (φ, ξ, η,g), where φ(e1) = −e4, φ(e2) = −e3, φ(e3) = e2, φ(e4) = e1 and ξ = e5, η = e5 on g1. We show that there is a metric connection ∇c compatible with this structure. Assume that ∇c is a metric connection of g. Then, ∇c = ∇ + A, where A is a skew-symmetric (2, 1) tensor field. Since ∇c is compatible with ξ = e5, we have for all basis elements ei. We obtainMetric compatibility of yieldsand thus . Note that . Similarly, . Hence, for some constants , and .Since is also compatible with φ, that is, , we haveThus,In addition, implies . By the identity , we getwhich gives . Note that since is a metric connection. Similarly, . By direct calculation, we getTo sum up,Since has a totally skew-symmetric metric connection, by Proposition 4.1 in [11], we conclude that is in the class with respect to the classification of Puhle in [11].Similar observations can be made for existing structures on each gi.
The algebra : By Kozsul’s formula, the covariant derivatives of the basis elements are as follows:
| , | , | , | , |
| , | , | , | , |
| , | , | , | , |
| , | , | , | , |
- There exists no cosymplectic structure.The proof is similar to that of .
- There exists no nearly cosymplectic structure.Assume that there exists a nearly cosymplectic structure with the fundamental two-form . Then, for any basis elements , we have . Thus, we get:, , , ,, ,andThus, the fundamental two-form is of type . From the equation , the endomorphism φ is defined by , , , , . Let and . Then,.On the other hand,. Therefore, the condition does not hold. Thus, the structure is not nearly cosymplectic.
- There is no non-zero parallel vector field on .If a non-zero vector field is parallel (), by calculating for basis elements, we get , for . It also shows that for any almost contact metric structure on . In particular, is neither (nearly-K-cosymplectic), nor .
- A vector field ξ on is Killing if and only if .Assume is a Killing vector field. Then, for any , we have . Thus,and similarly,
- There is no α-Sasakian structure. Assume that a structure on is α-Sasakian. Then, , since it is a Killing vector field. On the other hand, by considering the relation , we get the endomorphism:In addition, the structure must satisfy the defining relation of the class of α-Sasakian structures:However, it is easy to see that this relation is not satisfied for . Hence, the structure is not α-Sasakian.Let is a β-Kenmotsu structure with fundamental two-form . Then, for any basis elements , . Since and , we have and . On the other hand, for , , and for , , in the defining relation of a β-Kenmotsu structure, we obtain and , respectively. Similar arguments work if X, Y, Z are replaced by other basis elements. Thus, we get for all i, j. As a result, the structure is not β-Kenmotsu.
- There exists a semi cosymplectic structure.By checking covariant derivatives, it can be seen that for any one-form η. In addition, for a two-form , by assuming , we get and . If we choose , then the endomorphism φ is . For and , is a semi cosymplectic structure on .
- There exists an almost cosymplectic structure.The almost contact metric structure , where , and is almost cosymplectic, that is .
The algebra : By Kozsul’s formula, the covariant derivatives of the basis elements are as follows:
- There exists no cosymplectic structure.The proof is similar to that of .
- There exists no nearly cosymplectic structure.Let be a nearly cosymplectic structure with fundamental two-form . Then, for any basis elements , we have . After some calculations, we see that this equation holds if and only if . However, the condition is not satisfied since
- There is no non-zero parallel vector field on .The proof is similar to these of and .
- A vector field ξ on is Killing if and only if .Let be a Killing vector field. Then, for any , we have . Now, ,,,. In other words, ξ is Killing if and only if
- There is no α-Sasakian structure.Let be an α-Sasakian structure on . Then, , since it is a Killing vector field. On the other hand, by considering the relation , we get the endomorphism as:However, for , this structure does not satisfy the the defining relation .
- There is no β-Kenmotsu structure.Let be a β-Kenmotsu structure with fundamental two-form , , . Then, for any basis elements , , which implies that and . However, replacing basis elements for vector fields in the defining relation of a β-Kenmotsu structure, we get , for any . Thus, there does not exist a β-Kenmotsu structure.
- There exists a semi cosymplectic structure.The almost contact metric structure for which , and is semi cosymplectic, that is, .
- There exists an almost cosymplectic structure.The almost contact metric structure , such that , and is almost cosymplectic.
The algebra : By Kozsul’s formula, the covariant derivatives of the basis elements are as follows:
- There exists no cosymplectic structure.Assume that the two-form is parallel. Then, for any basis elements . This gives . Thus, there is no non-zero parallel two-form on .
- There is no nearly cosymplectic structure on .Let be the two-form of a nearly cosymplectic a.c.m.s. Replacing X and Y by basis elements, we have and similarly , except for , and . Thus, . We get b24 = 0, b25 = 0 and b35 = 0 for X = e1, Y = e2, Z = e3; X = e1, Y = e2, Z = e4 and X = e1, Y = e4, Z = e5 respectively from the equation (2).
- There is no non-zero parallel vector field on .If a non-zero vector field is parallel (), by calculating for basis elements, we get , for . It also shows that for any almost contact metric structure on . In particular, is neither (nearly-K-cosymplectic), nor .
- A vector field ξ on is Killing if and only if .Let be a non-zero Killing vector field. Then, for any , we have . Thus,No condition is obtained for . In other words, ξ is Killing if and only if .
- There is no α-Sasakian structure.Let be an α-Sasakian structure on . Then, , since it is a unit Killing vector field. On the other hand, by considering the relation , we get . However, in this case, .
- There is no β-Kenmotsu structure.Let be a β-Kenmotsu structure with fundamental two-form , , . Then, for any basis elements , , which implies that and . However, after an easy calculation on the defining relation of a β-Kenmotsu structure, we get , for any .
- There exists a semi cosymplectic structure.For any two-form any ,Thus for any X iff . In addition, for any one-form , we haveThus for example, the a.c.m.s. for which , and is semi cosymplectic.
- There exists no almost cosymplectic structure.Since , iff , or equivalently, for all X, Y in . Substituting basis elements for X and Y implies that iff . Any almost cosymplectic structure is almost-K-contact, thus for the fundamental form of an almost cosymplectic structure, we have , where . yields .
The algebra : By Kozsul’s formula; the covariant derivatives of the basis elements are as follows:
- There exists no cosymplectic structure.The proof is similar to that in other algebras.
- There is no nearly cosymplectic structure on .Let be the two-form of a nearly cosymplectic a.c.m.s. Replacing X and Y by basis elements, we have which shows that , except for , , and . Then Φ = b23e23 + b25e25 + b34e34 + b45e45. We obtain b23 = b25 = b34 = b45 = 0 for X = e1, Y = e2, Z = e5; X = e1, Y = e2, Z = e3; X = e3, Y = e1, Z = e2 and X = e4, Y = e1, Z = e3 respectively in the equation (2).
- There is no non-zero parallel vector field on .The proof is similar to other cases. In particular, is neither (nearly-K-cosymplectic), nor .
- A vector field ξ on is Killing if and only if .Let be a non-zero Killing vector field. Then, for any , we have . Thus,No condition is obtained for and . Thus, ξ is Killing if and only if
- There is no α-Sasakian structure.Let be an α-Sasakian structure on . Then, , where and . By the relation , we get and . Since , we have . This implies , or . Assume without loss of generality that . Then, .
- There is no β-Kenmotsu structure.Let be a β-Kenmotsu structure with fundamental two-form , , . Then, for any basis elements , , which implies that and . Replacing basis elements for X, Y, Z in the defining relation of β-Kenmotsu structures results in . Thus, there does not exist a β-Kenmotsu structure.
- There exists a semi cosymplectic structure.For any two-form any ,Thus, for any X iff . In addition, for any one-form , we haveThus, for example, the a.c.m.s. for which , and is semi cosymplectic.
- There exists an almost cosymplectic structure.Consider, for instance, the a.c.m.s. given by , and .
The algebra : By Kozsul’s formula, the covariant derivatives of the basis elements are as follows:
- There exists no cosymplectic structure on .It is easy to see that if and only if , where Φ is a two-form.
- There is no nearly cosymplectic structure.Let be a two-form with the property that . Then, we obtain . By considering Φ as the fundamental two-form of an almost contact metric structure , from the condition , we get and . We get b15 = b24 = 0 for X = e5, Y = e2, Z = e3 and X = e1, Y = e3, Z = e4 respectively in the equation (2).
- There is no non-zero parallel vector field on .The proof is the same as before.
- A vector field ξ on is Killing if and only if .Let be a Killing vector field. Then, for any , we have . Thus,No conditions are obtained for and .
- There exists no α-Sasakian structure.Let be an α-Sasakian structure on . Then, ξ has the form and satisfies the equation . Thus, the endomorphism can be expressed with:From the condition , we haveandHowever, since , the number is non-zero.
- There is no β-Kenmotsu structure.Let be a β-Kenmotsu structure with fundamental two-form , . Then, for any basis elements , , which implies that . However, after calculations on the defining relation, we get . However, in this case, .
- There exists a semi cosymplectic structure.The a.c.m.s. with , and is semi cosymplectic.
- There is no almost cosymplectic structure.Obviously, . Thus, for a one-form we have , and for a two-form , we get . So, if with the fundamental two-form is an almost cosymplectic structure on , then, Φ and η have the forms and . However, it is easy to see that vanishes. Thus, the structure is not almost cosymplectic.
In summary, we state the following.
Theorem 1.
An almost contact metric structure on a five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra g is cosymplectic if and only if g is abelian.
The existence of cosymplectic structures on Lie groups and on their compact quotients by uniform discrete subgroups was studied in [14]. We state Theorem 1 by direct calculation.
In the sequel, we deduce
Corollary 2.
There is no cosymplectic left invariant almost contact metric structure on a five-dimensional connected Lie group whose corresponding Lie algebra is nilpotent.
Theorem 3.
There is no nearly cosymplectic structure on any five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra.
Corollary 4.
There is no nearly cosymplectic left invariant almost contact metric structure on a five-dimensional connected Lie group whose corresponding Lie algebra is nilpotent.
Theorem 5.
There exists no non-zero parallel vector field on any five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra.
There are non-zero Killing vector fields on for .
Theorem 6.
Let g be one of , , or . A vector field ξ on g is Killing if and only if . In addition, if g is or , then ξ is Killing iff .
Theorem 7.
If g has an α-Sasakian structure, then g is isomorphic to .
Theorem 8.
There is no β-Kenmotsu a.c.m.s. on any five-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra.
We may conclude
Corollary 9.
There is no β-Kenmotsu left invariant almost contact metric structure on a five-dimensional connected Lie group whose corresponding Lie algebra is nilpotent.
Theorem 10.
There exist semi cosymplectic a.c.m. structures on each .
Theorem 11.
An a.c.m.s. on g is almost cosymplectic iff g is isomorphic to one of , or .
Let G be a simply-connected nilpotent Lie group with Lie algebra g. It is known that there exists a co-compact discrete subgroup Γ of G such that is a compact nilmanifold [15]. Giving examples of discrete subgroups Γ for simply-connected nilpotent Lie group with Lie algebra is an ongoing study.
4. Conclusions
In this paper, we examined almost contact metric structures on five dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras by direct calculation and obtained some results about the relations between the classes of almost contact metric structures and five dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras. In addition, we got some general results on left invariant almost contact metric structures on five dimensional nilpotent Lie groups by studying their corresponding Lie algebras.
Acknowledgments
This study was supported by Anadolu University Scientific Research Projects Commission under grant No. 1605F425.
Author Contributions
All the authors contributed equally to this work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interests.
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