On conformally flat almost Hermitian manifolds (Q1610994)

The paper studies conformally flat almost Hermitian manifolds of real dimension \(2n\) (\(n\geq 2\)). Denote by \(J\) the underlying almost complex structure, by \(\rho\) the Ricci tensor, by \(\rho^*\) the \(*\)-Ricci tensor \(\rho^*(x,y)={\text{ tr}}(z\rightarrow R(x,Jz)Jy\)), by \(Q\) the Ricci operator, by \(S\) the scalar curvature and by \(S^*\) the \(*\)-scalar curvature. The authors prove the following results: On a conformally flat almost Hermitian manifold with \(S=S^*\), one has \(S=S^*=0\). A conformally flat almost Hermitian manifold with \(n\geq 3\) and \(\rho=\rho^*\) or with \(n\geq 2\) and \(\rho=-\rho^*\) is flat. A conformally flat quasi-Kähler manifold with \(J\)-invariant Ricci tensor and \(S=S^*\) is locally symmetric. A conformally flat quasi-Kähler manifold with \(J\)-anti-invariant Ricci tensor and \(S=S^*\) is flat. A conformally flat Hermitian manifold with \(J\)-invariant Ricci tensor and \(S=S^*\) is locally symmetric. Additional results involving conditions on the covariant derivative of the Ricci tensor are also given.