Classification conjecture for compact reducible Riemannian manifolds with conformal product structures

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Let (M,g)(M,g) be a compact connected Riemannian manifold with reducible holonomy, and let DD be a conformal product structure on (M,g)(M,g) different from the Levi-Civita connection of gg. Classification conjecture. The manifold (M,g)(M,g) is either conformally flat or a triple product. Here, a triple product is a Riemannian manifold locally isometric to a product construction of three manifolds, with metric e2fg1+g2+g3e^{2f}g_1+g_2+g_3 on M1×M2×M3M_1\times M_2\times M_3, where ff is a smooth function on M1×M2M_1\times M_2. The conjecture is presented as evidence toward a classification of compact reducible Riemannian manifolds carrying non-Levi-Civita conformal product structures; the supplied text does not establish whether the proposed dichotomy is proved or remains open.

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Andrei Moroianu and Mihaela Pilca, “Reducible Riemannian manifolds with conformal product structures”, arXiv:2505.19132 (2025).

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