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NOTES ON MINIMAL UNIT KILLING VECTOR FIELDS

  • Received : 2017.09.01
  • Accepted : 2018.04.13
  • Published : 2018.09.30

Abstract

We will find a necessary and sufficient condition for unit Killing vector fields to be minimal and provide an application of the obtained result.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)

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