Compact Kähler manifolds

introduction

• A Hermitian metric $h$ on a complex manifold $(M^{2m},J)$ : $h(X,Y)=h(JX,JY)$
• fundamental 2-form (or Kähler form) $(1,1)$-form given by $\Omega=i\sum_{\alpha,\beta=1}^{m}h_{\alpha\overline{\beta}}dz^{\alpha}\wedge dz^{\overline{\beta}}$
• If $\Omega$ is closed, i.e., $d\Omega=0$, we call $h$ a Kahler metric
• there exists a real function $K$ such that $\Omega=i\partial \overline{\partial} K$, which we call the Kahler potential
• The Ricci form is one of the most important objects on a Kahler manifold

Hermitian metric on a complex manifold

• Let $h$ be a Hermitian metric and the coefficient

$$ h_{\alpha\overline{\beta}}:=h(\frac{\partial}{\partial z_{\alpha}},\frac{\partial}{\partial \overline{z}_{\beta}}) $$

examples

flat matric

• $h_{\alpha\overline{\beta}}=\frac{1}{2}\delta_{\alpha\beta}$
• $\Omega=\frac{i}{2}\sum_{\alpha=1}^m dz_{\alpha}\wedge d\bar{z}_{\alpha}$
• potential $u(z)=\frac{1}{2}|z|^2$

dimension 1 case

• $h_{\alpha\overline{\alpha}}=h_{\overline{\alpha}\alpha}:=h$
• $\Omega=-2ih\,dz \wedge d\overline{z}$
• for $\mathbb{P}^{1}$,

$$ \Omega=\frac{-i}{2\pi}\frac{dz \wedge d\bar{z}}{(1+|z|^2)^2} $$ see Chern class

etc

• Fubini–Study metric
• K3 surfaces
• Calabi-Yau manifold

cohomology theory

• compact Kähler manifold of dimension n
• Dolbeault cohomology
• $h^{p,q}=\operatorname{dim} H^{p,q}(X)$
• $h^{p,q}=h^{q,p}$
• Serre duality $h^{p,q}=h^{n-p,n-q}$

Hodge decomposition theorem

• Let $M$ be a compact Kähler manifold. Let $H^{p,q}(M)$ be the space of cohomology classes represented by a closed form of type $(p,q)$. There is a direct sum decomposition

$$ H^{m}_{dR}(M;\mathbb{C})=\bigoplus_{p+q=m}H^{p,q}(M) $$ Moreover, $H^{p,q}(M)=\overline{H^{q,p}(M)}$. In other words, $H^{m}_{dR}(M)$ carries a real Hodge structure of weight $m$.

expositions

• Stefan Vandoren Lectures on Riemannian Geometry, Part II:Complex Manifolds
• Complex manifolds, Kahler metrics, differential and harmonic forms
• Werner Ballmann Lectures on Kahler Manifolds