Ricci Bi-Conformal Vector Fields on Siklos Spacetimes

Document Type : Original Scientific Paper

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‎Department of Pure Mathematics‎, ‎ ‎Faculty of Science, ‎Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin‎, ‎I‎. ‎R‎. ‎Iran‎.

Abstract

‎Ricci bi-conformal vector fields have find their place in geometry as well as in physical applications‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎we consider the Siklos spacetimes and we determine all the Ricci bi-conformal vector fields on these spaces‎.

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