Four-dimensional Kähler metrics admitting c-projective vector fields (Q2253729)

Let \((M,J,\nabla)\) be a real \(2n\)-dimensional smooth manifold equipped with a complex structure \(J\in\mathrm{End}(TM)\) which is parallel with respect to a torsion-free affine connection \(\nabla\). A \(J\)-planar curve is a regular curve \(\gamma:I\in \mathbb R\rightarrow M\) such that the \(2\)-plane spanned by \(\dot{\gamma}\) and \(J\dot{\gamma}\) is parallel along \(\gamma\), i.e., \(\nabla_{\dot{\gamma}} \dot{\gamma} \wedge \dot{\gamma}\wedge J \dot{\gamma}=0\). A vector field \(v\) on \((M,J,\nabla)\) is called \(c\)-projective if its flow maps \(J\)-planar curves to \(J\)-planar curves. In this paper, the authors study the essential \(c\)-projective vector fields on a Kähler manifold with Levi-Civita connections associated to Hermitian metrics with respect to \(J\) of arbitrary signature. The term `essential' means that the vector field is not an affine vector field, i.e., it does not preserve the Levi-Civita connection. They establish a complete local classification of Kähler real \(4\)-dimensional manifolds which admit an essential \(c\)-projective vector field. Also, they give an important local description of \(c\)-projectively equivalent (i.e., sharing the same \(J\)-planar curves) four-dimensional split-signature Kähler metrics. Finally, the authors prove the analogue of the classical Yano-Obata conjecture in the pseudo-Riemannian \(4\)-dimensional case.