Indefinite locally conformal Kähler manifolds (Q884008)

Let \(M\) be a complex \(n\)-dimensional indefinite Hermitian manifold of index \(0< \nu <2n,\) with complex structure \(J\) and semi-Riemannian metric \(g.\) \(M\) is an indefinite Kähler manifold if \(\nabla J=0,\) where \(\nabla \) is the Levi-Civita connection of \((M,g).\) An indefinite Hermitian manifold \(M\) is an indefinite locally conformal Kähler (l.c.K.) manifold if for any point \(x \in M\) there exists a neighborhood \(U\) and a \({\mathcal C}^{\infty }\) function \(f: U \mapsto {\mathbb R}\) such that \((U, e^{-f}g)\) is an indefinite Kähler manifold. Let \((M,J,g)\) be an indefinite l.c.K. manifold. Let \(\{U_i\}_{i\in I}\) be an open cover of \(M\) and \(\{ f_i\}_{I \in I}\) a family of \({\mathcal C}^{\infty }\) functions \(f_i: U_i \mapsto {\mathbb R}\) such that \(g_i=e^{-f_i}g\) is an indefinite Kähler metric on \(U_i.\) The local 1-forms \(df_i, i\in I, \) glue up to a globally defined closed 1-form \(\omega ,\) the Lee form on \(M.\) The tangent field \(B\) on \(M\) defined by \(g(X,B)=\omega (X), \forall X \in TM,\) is the Lee field. \(A=-JB\) is called the anti-Lee field. The aim of this paper is to investigate indefinite L.c.K. manifolds. It is shown that any indefinite l.c.K. manifold \(M\) with parallel Lee form \(\omega \) has two canonical foliations \({\mathcal F} \) and \({\mathcal F }_c,\) the first of which is given by the Pfaff equation \(\omega =0\) and the second is spanned by the Lee and the anti-Lee vectors on \(M.\) The technique of screen distributions and (light-like) transversal bundles developed by [\textit{A. Bejancu} et al., Lightlike Submanifolds of Semi-Riemannian Manifolds and Applications. Mathematics and its Applications. 364. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (1996; Zbl 0848.53001)] is considered. The geometry of the second fundamental form of the leaves of \({\mathcal F}\) and \({\mathcal F}_c\) is studied.