Factorization of compact complex 3-folds which admit certain projective structures (Q1262417)

A complex manifold X is said to be of class L if it is 3-dimensional connected, and contains an open subset isomorphic to a neighborhood of a line in \({\mathbb{P}}^ 3({\mathbb{C}})\). A compact L-manifold is said to be Blanchard (resp. L-Hopf, resp. Schottky) if its universal covering is the complement in \({\mathbb{P}}_ 3({\mathbb{C}})\) of one (resp. two disjoint, resp. a union of disjoint) line(s). The twistor space of a conformally flat- Riemannian 4-fold M is an example of an L-manifold X. When \(M=(S^ 1)^ 4\) is a torus (resp. when \(X=S^ 1\times S^ 3)\) with natural metrics, X is Blanchard (resp. L-Hopf). The author then defines the Klein combination of L-manifolds. This generalizes the connected sum combination that one gets at the twistor space level when one forms the connected sum of conformally flat manifolds. He then shows that: 1. If X is of Schottky type, it is a Klein combination of Blanchard and L-Hopf manifolds. 2. A connected sum of Blanchard and L-Hopf manifolds is of Schottky type. Moreover, a rough classification of Blanchard manifolds is given.