The canonical-connection Ambrose–Singer conjecture

Let (Mn,g)(M^n,g) be a compact Hermitian manifold. For real numbers tt and ss, let (t)=(1t2)+t2b\nabla^{(t)}=(1-\frac{t}{2})\nabla+\frac{t}{2}\nabla^b be the tt-Gauduchon connection, and define the canonical metric connection

Dst=(1s)(t)+sg.D^t_s=(1-s)\nabla^{(t)}+s\nabla^g.

Here g\nabla^g is the Levi-Civita connection, and (t,s)(t,s) ranges over Ω={s1}{(0,1)}R2\Omega=\{s\neq 1\}\cup\{(0,1)\}\subseteq\mathbb R^2. The distinguished connections are b\nabla^b, +=2gb\nabla^+=2\nabla^g-\nabla^b, and =2+b2g\nabla^-=2\nabla+\nabla^b-2\nabla^g. Canonical-connection Ambrose–Singer conjecture. For any canonical connection DstD^t_s other than b\nabla^b, +\nabla^+, and \nabla^-, if DstD^t_s is Ambrose–Singer, then gg is Kähler. In particular, if such a DstD^t_s is Ambrose–Singer and Ricci flat, then it is flat. This extends the proposed classification of Ambrose–Singer canonical connections beyond the Bismut, plus, and minus connections. The source presents it as a speculation, and no resolution is supplied.

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Lei Ni and Fangyang Zheng, “A classification of locally Chern homogeneous Hermitian manifolds”, arXiv:2301.00579 (2024).

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