Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / iii / Paper 18 / 1 / 2

Extend $J$ complex-linearly to the complexification of a real vector bundle $T_{\mathbb{C}}X=TX{\otimes }_{\mathbb{R}}\mathbb{C}$. Since $J^2=-\mathrm{id}$, its $+i$ and $-i$ eigenbundles have smooth projectionsEach has complex rank $n$: complex conjugation interchanges them, and together they have rank $2n$. These are the type decomposition of the complexified tangent bundle. For an arbitrary almost complex structure, they are smooth complex vector bundles; a holomorphic vector bundle structure requires integrability.

When $J$ comes from a holomorphic atlas, write a holomorphic coordinate as $z_j=x_j+i{y}_j$. Its Wirtinger derivatives areThe induced almost complex structure has $J{\partial }_{x_j}={\partial }_{y_j}$ and $J{\partial }_{y_j}=-{\partial }_{x_j}$. Hence the displayed vector fields are respectively $+i$ and $-i$ eigenvectors. They are linearly independent, and each collection has $n$ elements. Thus they give local frames for $T^{1,0}X$ and $T^{0,1}X$ respectively, with $T^{1,0}X$ the holomorphic tangent bundle. The repeated $T^{0,1}X$ in the first sentence of the printed item must be read as the two complementary eigenbundles.