Fundamental form of a Hermitian manifold Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-07
For the underlying Riemannian metric and complex structure , the fundamental form is . It is a real (1, 1)-form. In complex dimension , the compatible orientation has Riemannian volume form , and its Hodge star operator satisfies
Local formula for the Chern connection on a line bundle Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
Let be a holomorphic local frame of a Hermitian holomorphic line bundle and put . The Chern connection and its curvature are locallyThus has type . Because the connection is unitary, , so is a real (1, 1)-form.
Normalized curvature form of a Hermitian holomorphic line bundle Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
For a holomorphic local frame with , this form isIt is a closed real (1, 1)-form representing the First Chern class. A positive Hermitian metric makes it a positive real (1, 1)-form. Replacing by adds to the form.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 118 3 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
Use the integral normalization of the Chern connection curvature. For a holomorphic local frame , put . The fundamental form of a Hermitian holomorphic line bundle isThis follows from the local formula for the Chern connection on a line bundle, . It is a closed real (1, 1)-form representing the First Chern class. If , the formula becomes .
The Hermitian metric is positive when this is a positive real (1, 1)-form: for every nonzero ,Equivalently, the matrix is a positive-definite matrix in every frame. Such a metric makes a positive holomorphic line bundle. Omitting the normalization factor changes none of these positivity conditions.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 118 3 Solution 2026-09-28
A real (1, 1)-form is a form satisfying . In holomorphic coordinates it has the formIt is a positive real (1, 1)-form whenfor every nonzero tangent vector of type , equivalently when the Hermitian matrix is positive definite.
A holomorphic local trivialization of a holomorphic line bundle is equivalently a nowhere-zero holomorphic local frame . A connection is unitary when it preserves the fiberwise Hermitian inner product:The Chern connection is the unique unitary connection whose part is the bundle's Dolbeault partial connection .
In a holomorphic frame, put . The local formula for the Chern connection on a line bundle isThe curvature therefore has type . Since a unitary connection has imaginary curvature, , and henceThus is a real -form.
For connections on and on , the tensor product connection is defined on decomposable local sections byThe curvature of a tensor product connection on line bundles is additive:Consequentlywhich is positive whenever both summands are positive.
For the final assertion, simultaneously diagonalize the positive Hermitian matrices of and by congruence at the chosen point. In the resulting coframe,A direct wedge-product calculation givesIf and are linearly independent, at least one of these minors is nonzero. Every coefficient is positive, so the sum is strictly positive. This is wedge positivity for two positive (1, 1)-forms.