Biharmonic maps on kenmotsu manifolds

Abstract

In this paper we study biharmonic maps on Kenmotsu manifolds. An example for biharmonic map of a three-Kenmotsu manifold is constructed for illustration.

Keywords

• Biharmonic map,Kenmotsu manifold

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