A Hermitian metric on a holomorphic vector bundle is a smoothly varying family of positive-definite Hermitian forms on its fibers. A Chern connection is a connection on a vector bundle that is compatible with and whose part is the bundle's Dolbeault partial connection, .
Choose a local holomorphic frame and write . The connection form in this frame is
If for a nowhere-zero holomorphic function , then and
which is exactly the connection-form transformation law. The local formulas therefore define a global connection.
Identify with the tautological bundle over Complex projective space. The standard Hermitian inner product of restricts to each tautological line. On the affine chart , put for and use the holomorphic frame
Then
The curvature form of a connection is
Consequently Chern-Weil theory gives the closed representative
where is the Fubini-Study form.
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For a scalar form and a section of , define the Dolbeault partial connection on decomposable forms by
and extend linearly. This is independent of the chosen local expression precisely because the original operator obeys its Leibniz rule.
Applying the rule twice makes the two mixed terms cancel. Since is complex, , and for every smooth function and -valued form one obtains
Thus is linear over .
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