Yamabe solitons and gradient Yamabe solitons on three-dimensional N(k)-contact manifolds

Abstract

If a three-dimensional [Formula: see text]-contact metric manifold [Formula: see text] admits a Yamabe soliton of type [Formula: see text], then the manifold has a constant scalar curvature and the flow vector field [Formula: see text] is Killing. Furthermore, either [Formula: see text] has a constant curvature [Formula: see text] or the flow vector field [Formula: see text] is a strict contact infinitesimal transformation. Also, we prove that if the metric of a three-dimensional [Formula: see text]-contact metric manifold [Formula: see text] admits a gradient Yamabe soliton, then either the manifold is flat or the scalar curvature is constant. Moreover, either the potential function is constant or the manifold is of constant sectional curvature [Formula: see text]. Finally, we have given an example to verify our result.