Let a compact Lie group act on a Kähler manifold by holomorphic maps and isometries, with an equivariant moment map . If is a regular value fixed by the coadjoint action and acts freely on , the Kähler quotient isIt is a Kähler manifold of complex dimension . Compactness supplies properness of the action. If includes the level and is the quotient projection, the reduced Kähler form satisfies . The metric and complex structure descend through the -orthogonal complement of the orbit tangent spaces inside the level tangent spaces. This horizontal space is -invariant; the reduction theorem proves that the descended structure is integrable.[ref]
An Introduction to Lie Groups and Symplectic Geometry by Robert L. Bryant. Lecture 8, Theorem 3 and central-level discussion, printed pp.135–136
For scalar circle group multiplication on , use the standard symplectic form and convention . Then . Reducing at divides the radius- sphere by its Hopf fibration and gives Complex projective space with the corresponding scaled Fubini-Study metric, as computed in Fubini-Study form from circle reduction.[ref]
An Introduction to Lie Groups and Symplectic Geometry by Robert L. Bryant. Lecture 8, projective-space example, printed pp.136–138
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The Kähler quotient is a construction in differential geometry and algebraic geometry that allows one to form a new space from a symplectic manifold by quotienting out by a group action. Specifically, it is commonly associated with Kähler manifolds, where the underlying structure combines a symplectic structure and a Riemannian metric that is compatible with the complex structure.