ALMOST CONTACT 3-MANIFOLDS AND RICCI SOLITONS

Abstract

A Kenmotsu 3-manifold M admitting a Ricci soliton (g, w) with a transversal potential vector field w (orthogonal to the Reeb vector field) is of constant sectional curvature -1. A cosymplectic 3-manifold admitting a Ricci soliton with the Reeb potential vector field or a transversal vector field is of constant sectional curvature 0.