Conformally weighted Einstein manifolds: the uniqueness problem

Abstract

We discuss smooth metric measure spaces admitting two weighted Einstein representatives of the same weighted conformal class. First, we describe the local geometries of such manifolds in terms of certain Einstein and quasi-Einstein warped products. Secondly, a global classification result is obtained when one of the underlying metrics is complete, showing that either it is a weighted space form, a special Einstein warped product, or a specific family of quasi-Einstein warped products. As a consequence, it must be a weighted sphere in the compact case.