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LetM be a 3-dimensional quasi-Sasakian manifold. On such a manifold, the so-called structure function β is defined. With the help of this function, we find necessary and sufficient conditions forM to be conformally flat. Next it is proved that ifM is additionally conformally flat with β = const., then (a)M is locally a product ofR and a 2-dimensional Kählerian space of constant Gauss curvature (the cosymplectic case), or (b)M is of constant positive curvature (the non cosymplectic case; here the quasi-Sasakian structure is homothetic to a Sasakian structure). An example of a 3-dimensional quasi-Sasakian structure being conformally flat with nonconstant structure function is also described. For conformally flat quasi-Sasakian manifolds of higher dimensions see [O1]
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Olszak, Z. On three-dimensional conformally flat quasi-Sasakian manifolds. Period Math Hung 33, 105–113 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093508
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093508