On -recurrent almost Kenmotsu manifolds
Keywords:
Almost Kenmotsu manifold, -recurrence, -symmetry, generalized nullity distribution.Abstract
The object of this paper is to investigate -recurrent and -symmetric almost Kenmotsumanifolds with the characteristic vector fields belonging to some nullity distributions.References
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