Conformally related Riemannian metrics with non-generic holonomy

Abstract: We show that if a compact connected

n

-dimensional manifold

M

has a conformal class containing two non-homothetic metrics

g

and

i l d e g = e^{2 v a r p h i} g

with non-generic holonomy, then after passing to a finite covering, either

n = 4

and

(M, g, i l d e g)

is an ambik"ahler manifold, or

n g e 6

is even and

(M, g, i l d e g)

is obtained by the Calabi Ansatz from a polarized Hodge manifold of dimension

n - 2

, or both

g

and

i l d e g

have reducible holonomy,

M

is locally diffeomorphic to a product

M_{1} i m e s M_{2} i m e s M_{3}

, the metrics

g

and

i l d e g

can be written as

g = g_{1} + g_{2} + e^{- 2 v a r p h i} g_{3}

and

i l d e g = e^{2 v a r p h i} (g_{1} + g_{2}) + g_{3}

for some Riemannian metrics

g_{i}

on

M_{i}

, and

v a r p h i

is the pull-back of a non-constant function on

M_{2}

.

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