Holomorphic Picard group 2026-10-06
The holomorphic Picard group consists of isomorphism classes of holomorphic line bundles, with tensor product as its group law. The trivial bundle is the identity and dualization gives inverses. Transition functions identify it with . On the complex projective line every class is , so degree gives an isomorphism with .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 17 2 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
A rank- holomorphic vector bundle is a complex manifold with a holomorphic projection to and local holomorphic trivializations that are complex-linear on each fibre. Its transition maps have the form with holomorphic satisfying the cocycle identities.
The holomorphic Picard group consists of isomorphism classes of holomorphic line bundles, with tensor product as multiplication, the trivial line bundle as identity and the dual bundle as inverse. The classification on the complex projective line givesThe inverse is degree; is the positive generator.