Hermitian manifolds with flat Gauduchon connections

Abstract

We complete the classification of compact Hermitian manifolds admitting a flat Gauduchon connection. In particular, we establish a conjecture of Yang and Zheng, showing that apart from the cases of a flat Chern or Bismut connection, such manifolds are K\"ahler. More generally, we prove the same result holds when the flatness assumption is replaced by the so-called K\"ahler-like condition, proving a conjecture of Angella, Otal, Ugarte and Villacampa. We also treat the non-compact case.