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A strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-Hermitian manifoldM admits a canonical Lorentz metric as well as a canonical Riemannian metric. Using these metrics, we can define a curvaturelike function Λ onM. AsM supports a contact form, there exists a characteristic vector field ξ dual to the contact structure. If ξ induces a local one-parameter group ofCR transformations, then a strictly pseudoconvex pseudo-Hermitian manifoldM is said to be a standard pseudo-Hermitian manifold. We study topological and geometric properties of standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of positive curvature Λ or of nonpositive curvature Λ. By the definition, standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds are calledK-contact manifolds by Sasaki. In particular, standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of constant curvature Λ turn out to be Sasakian space forms. It is well known that a conformally flat manifold contains a class of Riemannian manifolds of constant curvature. A sphericalCR manifold is aCR manifold whose Chern-Moser curvature form vanishes (equivalently, Weyl pseudo-conformal curvature tensor vanishes). In contrast, it is emphasized that a sphericalCR manifold contains a class of standard pseudo-Hermitian manifolds of constant curvature Λ (i.e., Sasakian space forms). We shall classify those compact Sasakian space forms. When Λ≤0, standard pseudo-Hermitian closed aspherical manifolds are shown to be Seifert fiber spaces. We consider a deformation of standard pseudo-Hermitian structure preserving a sphericalCR structure.
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Dedicated to Professor Sasao Seiya for his sixtieth birthday
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Kamishima, Y. Standard pseudo-Hermitian structure on manifolds and seifert fibration. Ann Glob Anal Geom 12, 261–289 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02108301
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Key words
- Pseudo-Hermitian structure
- contact structure
- CR structure
- characteristic CR vector field
- K-contact manifold
- curvaturelike function Λ
- Sasakian space forms