Gallot-Tanno theorem for pseudo-Riemannian metrics and a proof that decomposable cones over closed complete pseudo-Riemannian manifolds do not exist

Abstract

We generalize for pseudo-Riemannian metrics a classical result of Gallot and Tanno and use it to reprove a recent result of Alekseevsky, Cortes, Galaev and Leistner that decomposable cones over complete closed pseudo-Riemannian manifolds do not exist.