Lee's global pseudo-Einstein structure conjecture

A strictly pseudoconvex CR (2n+1)(2n+1)-manifold is pseudo-Einstein when its pseudohermitian Ricci curvature tensor is function-proportional to its Levi metric; for n=1n=1, this condition is equivalently expressed by Wα=0W_\alpha=0. Let c1(T1,0M)c_1(T_{1,0}M) denote the first Chern class of the CR holomorphic tangent bundle.

Lee's conjecture. Any closed strictly pseudoconvex CR (2n+1)(2n+1)-manifold with vanishing first Chern class

c1(T1,0M)=0c_1(T_{1,0}M)=0

admits a global pseudo-Einstein structure.

The vanishing of the first Chern class is the obstruction identified for the existence of pseudo-Einstein contact forms, and a pseudo-Einstein contact form has vanishing CR QQ-curvature. The source does not state whether this conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Shu-Cheng Chang, Ting-Jung Kuo and Takanari Saotome, “Global existence and convergence for the CR Q-curvature flow in a closed strictly pseudoconvex CR 3-manifold”, arXiv:1905.01783 (2019).

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