Locally conformal Kähler manifolds with potential (Q985685)

Both, locally conformal Kähler (LCK) manifolds and Vaisman manifolds are not stable under small deformations. It was proven by the second author of the present paper [cf. \textit{M. S. Verbitsky}, Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 246, 54--78 (2004); translation from Tr. Mat. Inst. Steklova 246, 64--91 (2004; Zbl 1101.53027)] that the Kähler metric of the universal covering of a Vaisman manifold admits a Kähler potential. Moreover, such a property is stable under small deformations, and, hence, a Vaisman manifold deforms to an LCK manifold (that is not necessarily a Vaisman manifold). The authors of the present paper define LCK manifolds with potential as a natural generalization of Vaisman manifolds. It is proved that an LCK manifold with potential can be compactified to a Stein manifold by adding one point. Also, the authors show that any LCK manifold with potential can be embedded into a Hopf manifold. This is an extension of a similar result obtained by the authors for Vaisman manifolds [cf. \textit{L.Ornea} and \textit{M. Verbitsky}, Math. Ann. 332, No.~1, 121--143 (2005; Zbl 1082.53074)].