Solution

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For a differential form of type (p, q), is equivalent to both and , because the two resulting types are distinct. Moreover has type when has type , and
by the square-zero and anticommutation identities. Thus the denominator defining Bott-Chern cohomology is a vector subspace of its numerator, making the quotient well defined.
Complex conjugation of differential-form type sends a -closed -form to a -closed -form. For a representative in the denominator,
The minus sign does not change the denominator vector subspace. Conjugation consequently induces a conjugate-linear bijection between the two Bott-Chern cohomology spaces; applying it twice is the identity. Equivalently, as complex vector spaces.

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