Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 118 1 d Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
The natural map between Bott-Chern cohomology and Dolbeault cohomology isIt is well-defined: a -closed pure-type form is -closed, and is -exact.
For surjectivity, choose the unique harmonic differential form representing a Dolbeault cohomology class using Dolbeault Hodge decomposition. The Kähler Laplacian identity makes a harmonic differential form for , hence -closed. Sending the Dolbeault class to consequently gives a right inverse.
For injectivity, the ddbar lemma says directly that a -closed, -exact pure-type form is -exact. One can also exhibit its primitive. Let be the Green operator of the Hodge Laplacian, and put . If is -closed and -exact, its harmonic projection vanishes and the Kähler identities giveHere because the Green operator commutes with these differentials, and . Thus represents zero in Bott-Chern cohomology. We have constructed the canonical isomorphism and its harmonic inverse: