start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=57 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=149 end-page=158 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2015 dt-pub=201501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=ON ∅-RECURRENT CONTACT METRIC MANIFOLDS en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we prove that evry 3-dimensional manifold M is a ∅-recurrent N(k)-contact metric manifold if and only if it is flat. Then we classify the ∅-recurrent contact metric manifolds of constant curvature. This implies that there exists no ∅-recurrent N(k)-contact metric manifold, which is neither symmetric nor locally ∅-symmetric. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=PeyghanEsmaeil en-aut-sei=Peyghan en-aut-mei=Esmaeil kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NasrabadiHassan en-aut-sei=Nasrabadi en-aut-mei=Hassan kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TayebiAkbar en-aut-sei=Tayebi en-aut-mei=Akbar kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Arak University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Arak University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science University of Qom en-keyword=Constant curvature kn-keyword=Constant curvature en-keyword=Locally ∅-symmetric kn-keyword=Locally ∅-symmetric en-keyword=N(k)-contact metric manifold kn-keyword=N(k)-contact metric manifold en-keyword=∅-recurrent kn-keyword=∅-recurrent END