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Einstein-Weyl structures on complex manifolds and conformal version of Monge-Ampere equation

Complex Variables 2009-01-21 v3 Algebraic Geometry Differential Geometry

Abstract

A Hermitian Einstein-Weyl manifold is a complex manifold admitting a Ricci-flat Kaehler covering W, with the deck transform acting on W by homotheties. If compact, it admits a canonical Vaisman metric, due to Gauduchon. We show that a Hermitian Einstein-Weyl structure on a compact complex manifold is determined by its volume form. This result is a conformal analogue of Calabi's theorem stating the uniqueness of Kaehler metrics with a given volume form in a given Kaehler class. We prove that a solution of a conformal version of complex Monge-Ampere equation is unique. We conjecture that a Hermitian Einstein-Weyl structure on a compact complex manifold is unique, up to a holomorphic automorphism, and compare this conjecture to Bando-Mabuchi theorem.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606309,
  title  = {Einstein-Weyl structures on complex manifolds and conformal version of Monge-Ampere equation},
  author = {Liviu Ornea and Misha Verbitsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606309},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, v. 3.0: another error corrected