On the triviality of m-modified conformal vector fields

Abstract

We prove that a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ does not admit any non-trivial $m$-modified homothetic vector fields. In the corresponding case of an $m$-modified conformal vector field $V$, we establish an inequality that implies the triviality of $V$. Further, we demonstrate that an affine Killing $m$-modified conformal vector field on a non-compact Riemannian manifold $M$ must be trivial. Finally, we show that an $m$-modified gradient conformal vector field is trivial under the assumptions of polynomial volume growth and convergence to zero at infinity.