# η-PARALLEL CONTACT 3-MANIFOLDS

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#### Abstract

In this paper, we give a classification of contact 3-manifolds whose Ricci tensors are $\eta$-parallel.

#### Keywords

contact 3-manifolds;$\eta$-parallel Ricci tensors;critical metrics

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