Exploring certain geometric and harmonic properties of the Berger-type metric conformal deformation on the Para-Kähler-Norden manifold
Abderrahim Zagane, Fethi Latti
TL;DR
The paper introduces a Berger-type metric conformal deformation $g^{\alpha}$ on a para-Kähler-Norden manifold, derives the adapted Levi-Civita connection, and computes the deformed curvature, Ricci, and scalar curvatures, including simplifications when $\alpha$ is a Killing potential. It then analyzes harmonic and biharmonic maps in this setting, deriving explicit tension and bitension fields for the identity map in both directions of the deformation and for maps between manifolds, yielding concrete criteria for harmonicity and (proper) biharmonicity. These results extend Berger-type deformations to para-Kähler-Norden geometry and provide tractable formulas to study geometric properties under the deformation. The work has potential implications for understanding geometric flow-like phenomena and energy-minimizing maps in manifolds equipped with para-Kähler-Norden structures under conformal Berger-type deformations.
Abstract
This work presents a novel class of metrics on a para-Kähler-Norden manifold $(M^{2m},F,g)$, derived from a conformal deformation of the Berger-type metric associated with the metric $g$. Initially, we examine the Levi-Civita link associated with this metric. Secondly, we delineate all varieties of curvature for a manifold $M$ equipped with a conformal deformation of Berger-type metric for $g$. Finally, we studied a certain class of harmonic maps.
