Morse-Novikov cohomology of locally conformally Kähler manifolds (Q1009687)

Three cohomology invariants of a locally conformal Kähler (LCK) structure are defined. These are the Lee class, the Morse-Novikov class and the Bott-Chern class which play together the same role as the Kähler class in Kähler geometry. It is proved that if these classes coincide for two LCK--structures then the difference between these structures can be expressed by a smooth potential. Also, it is shown that the Morse-Novikov class and the Bott-Chern class of a Vaisman manifold vanish. In fact the Morse-Novikov class of any LCK--structure on a manifold admitting a Vaisman structure vanishes. Finally, it is proved that a compact LCK--manifold with complex dimension at least 3 and with vanishing Bott-Chern class admits a holomorphic embedding into a Hopf manifold. For an erratum to this paper see [Zbl 1347.53058].