Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 17 2 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
In a local trivialization, identify the lines in each fibre with . On overlaps glue byThis action is well defined because is invertible and scaling does not change the resulting line. It is holomorphic: in affine projective coordinates it is a ratio of holomorphic functions on the open set where its denominator is nonzero. The transition maps satisfy the cocycle condition and have holomorphic inverses. They give the holomorphic projectivization by lines its complex-manifold atlas, of dimension , on the usual projective-bundle topology. Points over different base points are separated by base neighborhoods; points over the same base point are separated inside a common local product chart. A countable trivializing cover and the standard charts of the complex projective line give second countability.
Define the relative tautological line bundle by . Its local construction is holomorphic, and its restriction to a fibre is . The required relative hyperplane line bundle is thereforeThis fixes the lines convention for projectivization and the sign of the fibre degree.
Relative tautological line bundle 2026-10-06
On the holomorphic projectivization by lines, take the line itself as the fibre of . The evaluation inclusion makes it a holomorphic line subbundle of . Its fibre restriction is ; the dual is the relative hyperplane line bundle.