Three-dimensional trans-Sasakian manifolds and solitons

PurposeThe authors set the goal to find the solution of the Eisenhart problem within the framework of three-dimensional trans-Sasakian manifolds. Also, they prove some results of the Ricci solitons, η-Ricci solitons and three-dimensional weakly  symmetric trans-Sasakian manifolds. Finally, they give a nontrivial example of three-dimensional proper trans-Sasakian manifold.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have used the tensorial approach to achieve the goal.FindingsA second-order parallel symmetric tensor on a three-dimensional trans-Sasakian manifold is a constant multiple of the associated Riemannian metric g.Originality/valueThe authors declare that the manuscript is original and it has not been submitted to any other journal for possible publication.