Almost complex structure induced by a complex atlas Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
In a holomorphic chart , defineThe derivative of every holomorphic transition map is complex linear and therefore commutes with this , so the chartwise definitions glue to the intrinsic almost complex structure of the complex manifold.
Bott-Chern cohomology Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
For a complex manifold, Bott-Chern cohomology isIts classes are represented by -closed forms of pure type. A natural map sends a Bott-Chern class to its Dolbeault cohomology class.
Bundle-valued Dolbeault adjoint 2026-10-07
Using the bundle-valued conjugate-linear Hodge star, the formal adjoint of the holomorphic bundle's Dolbeault operator is . It lowers antiholomorphic degree. Stokes applied to the coefficient-contracted form proves the integrated adjoint identity on a compact complex manifold.
Coherent analytic sheaf Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
On a complex manifold, a sheaf of modules over the sheaf of holomorphic functions is coherent analytic if it is locally finitely generated and the kernel of every morphism is locally finitely generated. The structure sheaf and locally free finite-rank sheaves are examples. Cartan theorem B gives vanishing of their higher sheaf cohomology on a Stein manifold.
Every scalar holomorphic function on a compact connected complex manifold is constant by the maximum modulus principle. Apply this to each entry of the holomorphic Adjoint representation of a Lie group; its value is constantly the identity. Differentiation makes the complex Lie algebra abelian, hence connectedness makes the group abelian. The holomorphic Lie exponential map identifies it with modulo a discrete subgroup. Compactness forces that subgroup to span the underlying real vector space, giving a full-rank Euclidean lattice and a complex torus.
Complex analytic hypersurface Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
A complex analytic hypersurface in an -dimensional complex manifold is a closed analytic subset of pure complex codimension one. It is irreducible when it is not the union of two proper closed analytic subsets.
Complex Lie group 2026-10-14
A complex Lie group is a complex manifold whose multiplication and inversion are holomorphic maps between complex manifolds. Its tangent space at the identity is a complex Lie algebra; the Adjoint representation of a Lie group and the Lie exponential map are holomorphic. Compatibility with a complex manifold structure is essential: an arbitrary even-dimensional real Lie group need not have holomorphic multiplication.
Complex surface 2026-10-14
A complex surface is a complex manifold of complex dimension two, hence real dimension four. Compact complex surfaces need not admit a Kähler metric; a Hopf surface is an example. Every holomorphic one-form on a compact complex surface is closed, and the Betti and Hodge bounds for compact complex surfaces still apply without Kähler assumptions.
Conjugate Dolbeault operator Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-07
The conjugate Dolbeault operator is the type- component of the exterior derivative: . Complex conjugation interchanges and . On a complex manifold, , , and .
Conjugate vector bundle Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
The conjugate bundle has the same underlying real bundle and the opposite complex scalar action. Its transitions are the complex conjugates of the original transitions. For a holomorphic bundle on , these transitions are smooth and generally antiholomorphic on ; it is not automatically a holomorphic bundle there. It is naturally holomorphic over the conjugate complex manifold instead.
Differential form of type (p, q) Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-05
The complexified cotangent bundle of a complex manifold splits asA differential form has type when it is locally a sum of terms containing factors and factors .
Divisor on a complex manifold Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-14
A divisor on a complex manifold is a locally finite formal sumwhere the are irreducible complex analytic hypersurfaces and . Products of powers of local defining functions give local meromorphic equations for whose ratios are nowhere-vanishing holomorphic functions.
Dolbeault-Poincaré lemma Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-05
On a sufficiently small polydisc in a complex manifold, every -closed -form with is locally -exact. A coefficientwise one-variable integral operator and induction over the coordinates prove the result.
Dolbeault theorem Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
For the sheaf of holomorphic -forms on a complex manifold, the Dolbeault-Poincaré lemma makesa resolution by fine sheaves. Taking global sections therefore gives the natural isomorphism
Hermitian manifold 2026-09-28
A Hermitian manifold is a complex manifold whose tangent bundle carries a smoothly varying positive-definite Hermitian form. Its real part is a Riemannian metric invariant under the complex structure .
Holomorphic coordinate Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
A holomorphic coordinate chart on a complex manifold is a biholomorphism from an open subset of the manifold to an open subset of . Its component functions are holomorphic coordinates.
Holomorphic map between complex manifolds 2026-10-14
A map between complex manifolds is holomorphic when its local coordinate expression has holomorphic scalar components. For a smooth map, this is equivalent to its differential being complex-linear at every point. These maps compose by the chain rule. For one-dimensional manifolds this reduces to a holomorphic map between Riemann surfaces; the general definition also applies to multiplication and inversion on a complex Lie group.
Holomorphic p-form on a complex manifold 2026-10-14
A differential form of type (p, q) of type is holomorphic when its local coefficients in holomorphic coordinates are holomorphic functions, equivalently . It need not be -closed on every complex manifold. Top-degree holomorphic forms are closed by bidegree. On a compact complex surface, holomorphic forms of all degrees are closed, even without a Kähler metric.
Holomorphic projectivization by lines Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
For a holomorphic vector bundle, projectivize each fibre using lines. The transition acts holomorphically by . Thus local products define a complex manifold with holomorphic projection to the base. The lines convention gives the relative tautological line bundle of fibre degree , and its dual has degree .