~59~ International Journal of Statistics and Applied Mathematics 2021; 6(5): 59-61 ISSN: 2456-1452 Maths 2021; 6(5): 59-61 © 2021 Stats & Maths www.mathsjournal.com Received: 25-07-2021 Accepted: 27-08-2021 E Nafula School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Kenya Stephen K Moindi School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Kenya Peter W Njori School of Pure and Applied Schiences, Kirinyaga University, Kenya Corresponding Author: E Nafula School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Kenya A study of curvature tensor in para Kenmotsu manifolds E Nafula, Stephen K Moindi and Peter W Njori Abstract The object of the present paper is to study certain curvature conditions in Para Kenmotsu manifolds admitting a 7 -curvature tensor. Keywords: para Kenmotsu manifold, 7 -curvature tensor, symmetric, semi-symmetric, and 7 -flat, recurrent. 1. Introduction A manifold is called an almost para-contact metric manifolds if there exists in a (1,1) tensor field ϕ, a vector field ξ, and a 1-form η such that (1.1) () = 1,  2 () =  − () (1.2) (, ) = (), (, ) = (, ) − ()() (1.3) ξ = 0, η(ϕX) = 0,   =−1 Where g is the Riemmannian metric. If in addition the manifold satisfies (1.4) (∇ )() − (∇ ) = 0 (1.5) (∇ ) = [−(, ) + ()()]() + [−(, ) + ()()]() (1.6) ∇ = 2  =  − () Then it is called a Para-Kenmotsu manifold or briefly P-Kenmostu manifold. It is well known that is a P-Kenmotsu manifold, (1.7) (, ) = −( − 1)() (1.8) (  )(, ) = 2(, ) + 2( − 1)()() Where is the Ricci tensor of type (0,2) and denotes the Lie derivative. 2. Curvature Tensor in Para Kenmotsu Manifold Mishra and Pokhariyal [2] gave the definition of 7 curvature tensor as (2.1)  7 = (, ) + 1 −1 [(, ) − (, )] Or (2.2)  7 (, , , ) =  (, , , ) + 1 −1 [(, )(, ) − (, )(, ) Definition 2.1 A Para Kenmotsu manifold is said to be flat if the Riemannian curvature tensor vanishes identically i.e. (, ) = 0 Definition 2.2 A Para Kenmotsu manifold is said to be 7 flat if 7 curvature tensor vanishes identically i.e. 7 (, ) = 0 Theorem 2.1 A 7 flat Para Kenmotsu manifold is a flat manifold