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Ricci collineations on 3-dimensional paracontact metric manifolds

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We classify three-dimensional paracontact metric manifold whose Ricci operator Q is invariant along Reeb vector field, that is, \({\mathcal {L}} _{\xi }Q=0\).

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Küpeli Erken, I., Murathan, C. Ricci collineations on 3-dimensional paracontact metric manifolds . Afr. Mat. 29, 665–675 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13370-018-0568-2

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