Necessary local normal form conjecture for conformally flat transverse Riemann-Lorentz manifolds

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Let (M,C)(M,\mathcal{C}) be a transverse Riemann-Lorentz conformal manifold of dimension m≥4m\geq 4, with singular set Σ\Sigma. Around each singular point p∈Σp\in\Sigma, consider a coordinate system (U,x)(\mathbb{U},x) and a metric g∈Cg\in\mathcal{C}, where τ=0\tau=0 is a local equation for Σ\Sigma. Necessary local normal form conjecture. If the Weyl curvature satisfies W=0W=0, then there exist such (U,x)(\mathbb{U},x) and gg for which

g=∑i=0m−1(dxi)2+τ(dxm)2.g=\sum_{i=0}^{m-1}(dx^i)^2+\tau(dx^m)^2.

This asserts a necessary local normal form for conformally flat transverse Riemann-Lorentz structures near their singular set. The source presents it as a conjecture; no resolution is supplied in the given text.

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E. Aguirre, V. Fernández and J. Lafuente, “On the Conformal Geometry of Transverse Riemann-Lorentz Manifolds”, arXiv:math/0609838 (2006).

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