Is the Metric g a Complex Manifold?

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Hi so I was just wondering if the metric [itex]g=diag(-e^{iat},e^{ibx},e^{icy})[/itex] (where a,b,c are free parameters and t,x,y are coordinates) corresponds to a complex manifold (or is nonsensical), and what the manifold looks like?
 
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what do you mean by what the manifold looks like?
well you can always compute the necessary quantities (like Riemman curvature) and see what that is. I think there exists programs in mathematica that do the job...