Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2022 / iii / Paper 118 / 3 / Solution

The tautological bundle over Complex projective space isOn $U_i=\{z_i\ne 0\}$, the vector $e_i([z])=z/z_i$ is a holomorphic frame. On $U_i\cap U_j$,so the transition functions are holomorphic. Define $\mathcal{O}(1)=\mathcal{O}(-1{)}^{\ast }$ and, for $k\in \mathbb{Z}$, define $\mathcal{O}(k)=\mathcal{O}(1{)}^{\otimes k}$ when $k\ge 0$ and $\mathcal{O}(k)=\mathcal{O}(-1{)}^{\otimes (-k)}$ when $k<0$. Its transition functions are the corresponding $k$th powers of those of $\mathcal{O}(1)$, equivalently the $(-k)$th powers of those of $\mathcal{O}(-1)$.

A nonzero linear functional $\ell \in ({\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}{)}^{\ast }$ restricts on each projective line to define a global holomorphic section $s_{\ell }$ of $\mathcal{O}(1)$. Its zero divisor is the projective hyperplane $H_{\ell }=\{[z]:\ell (z)=0\}$, so every hyperplane is an effective divisor of $\mathcal{O}(1)$.

Conversely, let $D$ be the divisor of a nonzero section of $\mathcal{O}(1)$. In the affine chart $z_0=1$, the section is represented by an entire function $f$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^n$. Compatibility with the other projective charts gives the linear growth bound in the question along every complex affine line. The supplied Liouville-type result makes $f$ affine-linear, and homogenizing it gives a linear functional $\ell$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$. Thus $D=H_{\ell }$.

In local coordinates centred at $x$, the blowup of a complex manifold at a point is modeled byOn the chart $v_i\ne 0$, write $u=z_i$ and $t_j=v_j/v_i$; then $z_j=u{t}_j$, giving holomorphic coordinates $(u,(t_j{)}_{j\ne i})$. These charts show that the blowup is a complex manifold, that $\sigma$ is holomorphic, and that its exceptional fiber is ${\mathbb{CP}}^{n-1}$. A biholomorphic coordinate change at the centre lifts by sending a punctured point together with its limiting tangent direction to its image; the chart formulas extend across the exceptional divisor. Hence the construction is independent of coordinates up to biholomorphism.

For $a(z)=-z$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^2$, defineThis is holomorphic and satisfies $\sigma \circ \tilde{a}=a\circ \sigma$. The blowup $\widetilde{mathbb{C}^2}$ is the total space of $\mathcal{O}(-1)\to {\mathbb{CP}}^1$, and $\tilde{a}$ acts as multiplication by $-1$ in every fiber. The invariant fiber coordinate is $w=u^2$. If $u_j=g_{ji}{u}_i$ are the transition laws for $\mathcal{O}(-1)$, then $w_j=g_{ji}^2{w}_i$, which are the transition laws for $\mathcal{O}(-2)$. Thus the local quotient maps $(t,u)\mapsto (t,u^2)$ glue, give the quotient a complex-manifold atlas even along the fixed zero section, and yield