Tensor Fields of Type (0, 2) on the Tangent Bundle of a Riemannian Manifold

Abstract

To any (0, 2)-tensor field on the tangent bundle of a Riemannian manifold, we associate a global matrix function. Based on this fact, natural tensor fields are defined and characterized, essentially by means of well-known algebraic results. In the symmetric case, this classification coincides with the one given by Kowalski–Sekizawa; in the skew-symmetric one, it does with that obtained by Janyska.