Let be a complex torus. A Riemann form on a complex torus is a Hermitian form on whose imaginary part
takes integer values on . Equivalently, is an integral alternating form satisfying
for every nonzero . A polarisation of a complex torus is such a positive Riemann form, or equivalently its integral cohomology class. By the Appell–Humbert theorem, it is the first Chern class of an ample holomorphic line bundle. A polarisation is principal when the homomorphism induced by is an isomorphism.