The topological types of some irregular Kähler surfaces

The topological type of generalized Kummer surfaces is described in terms of sphere bundles over Riemann surfaces and the complex projective plane. Explicit examples of sets of pairwise non-diffeomorphic K?hler surfaces of the same topological type are given. Received: 5 January 2000     

Ergodicity of laminations with singularities in Kähler surfaces

Let $\mathcal F $ be a holomorphic foliation on $\mathcal M $ , a homogeneous compact Kähler surface, with only hyperbolic singularities. Let $\mathcal L $ be a closed set saturated by leaves of the foliation, containing singularities and with every leaf dense on it. If there are no positive closed currents directed by $\mathcal L $ , then there is a unique positive harmonic current directed by $\mathcal L $ of mass one. This result was previously obtained for $\mathbb CP ^2$ by Fornæss and Sibony and we obtain the result for the rest of homogeneous compact Kähler surfaces.     

The deformation theory of representations of fundamental groups of compact Kähler manifolds

Let Γ be the fundamental group of a compact Kähler manifold M and let G be a real algebraic Lie group. Let ?(Γ, G) denote the variety of representations Γ → G. Under various conditions on ρ ∈ ?(Γ, G) it is shown that there exists a neighborhood of ρ in ?(Γ, G) which is analytically equivalent to a cone defined by homogeneous quadratic equations. Furthermore this cone may be identified with the quadratic cone in the space \(Z^1 (\Gamma ,g_{Ad\rho } )\) of Lie algebra-valued l-cocycles on Γ comprising cocyclesu such that the cohomology class of the cup/Lie product square [u, u] is zero in \(H^2 (\Gamma ,g_{Ad\rho } )\) . We prove that ?(Γ, G) is quadratic at ρ if either (i) G is compact, (ii) ρ is the monodromy of a variation of Hodge structure over M, or (iii) G is the group of automorphisms of a Hermitian symmetric space X and the associated flat X-bundle over M possesses a holomorphic section. Examples are given where singularities of ?(Γ, G) are not quadratic, and are quadratic but not reduced. These results can be applied to construct deformations of discrete subgroups of Lie groups.     

A twistor construction of Kähler submanifolds of a quaternionic Kähler manifold

A class of minimal almost complex submanifolds of a Riemannian manifold with a parallel quaternionic structure Q, in particular of a 4-dimensional oriented Riemannian manifold, is studied. A notion of Kähler submanifold is defined. Any Kähler submanifold is pluriminimal. In the case of a quaternionic Kähler manifold of non zero scalar curvature, in particular, when is an Einstein, non Ricci-flat, anti-self-dual 4-manifold, we give a twistor construction of Kähler submanifolds M²ⁿ of maximal possible dimension 2n. More precisely, we prove that any such Kähler submanifold M²ⁿ of is the projection of a holomorphic Legendrian submanifold of the twistor space of , considered as a complex contact manifold with the natural holomorphic contact structure . Any Legendrian submanifold of the twistor space is defined by a generating holomorphic function. This is a natural generalization of Bryants construction of superminimal surfaces in S⁴=P¹. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991) Primary: 53C40; Secondary: 53C55     

Almost Kähler metrics of negative scalar curvature on symplectic manifolds

We show that every symplectic manifold of dimension ≥ 4 admits a complete compatible almost Kähler metric of negative scalar curvature. And we discuss the C ⁰-closure of the set of almost Kähler metrics of negative scalar curvature. Some local versions are also proved.     

The canonical foliations of a locally conformal Kähler manifold

Summary Let M be a locally conformal Kähler manifold. Then the Kähler form of M satisfies d= for some closed 1 -form , called the Lee form of M. We show that M admits three canonical foliations (four if is parallel) and we prove several properties of them, improving previous results of I. Vaisman. In particular all of these foliations are totally geodesic and Riemannian, and one of them is also almost complex. If this latter foliation is regular on a compact M, then we prove that M is a locally trivial fiber bundle over a compact Kähler manifold M, and the fibers are totally geodesic flat 2-tori. Finally we study geometrical properties, the canonical class and the Godbillon-Vey class of the totally real foliation of a CR-submanifold N cM.Work done during a visit of the second author at Michigan State University; this visit was supported by C.N.R., Italy.     

The energy of a Kähler class on admissible manifolds

On a compact complex manifold of Kähler type, the energy E(Ω) of a Kähler class Ω is given by the squared L ²-norm of the projection onto the space of holomorphic potentials of the scalar curvature of any Kähler metric representing the said class, and any one such metric whose scalar curvature has squared L ²-norm equal to E(Ω) must be an extremal representative of Ω. A strongly extremal metric is an extremal metric representing a critical point of E(Ω) when restricted to the set of Kähler classes of fixed positive top cup product. We study the existence of strongly extremal metrics and critical points of E(Ω) on certain admissible manifolds, producing a number of nontrivial examples of manifolds that carry this type of metrics, and where in many of the cases, the class that they represent is one other than the first Chern class, and some examples of manifolds where these special metrics and classes do not exist. We also provide a detailed analysis of the gradient flow of E(Ω) on admissible ruled surfaces, show that this dynamical system can be extended to one beyond the Kähler cone, and analyze the convergence of solution paths at infinity in terms of conditions on the initial data, in particular proving that for any initial data in the Kähler cone, the corresponding path is defined for all t, and converges to a unique critical class of E(Ω) as time approaches infinity.     

The Kähler Ricci flow on Fano surfaces (I)

Suppose {(M, g(t)), 0 ≤ t < ∞} is a Kähler Ricci flow solution on a Fano surface. If |Rm| is not uniformly bounded along this flow, we can blowup at the maximal curvature points to obtain a limit complete Riemannian manifold X. We show that X must have certain topological and geometric properties. Using these properties, we are able to prove that |Rm| is uniformly bounded along every Kähler Ricci flow on toric Fano surface, whose initial metric has toric symmetry. In particular, such a Kähler Ricci flow must converge to a Kähler Ricci soliton metric. Therefore we give a new Ricci flow proof of the existence of Kähler Ricci soliton metrics on toric Fano surfaces.     

Simons-type inequalities for minimal surfaces with constant Kähler angle in a complex hyperquadric

In this paper, we establish Simons-type inequalities and obtain some pinching theorems for compact minimal surfaces with constant Kähler angle immersed into a complex hyperquadric, and we characterize all these minimal surfaces when equality holds in the pinching theorems.     

Non-minimal scalar-flat Kähler surfaces and parabolic stability

A new construction is presented of scalar-flat Kähler metrics on non-minimal ruled surfaces. The method is based on the resolution of singularities of orbifold ruled surfaces which are closely related to rank-2 parabolically stable holomorphic bundles. This rather general construction is shown also to give new examples of low genus: in particular, it is shown that \(\mathbb{CP}^2\) blown up at 10 suitably chosen points, admits a scalar-flat Kähler metric; this answers a question raised by Claude LeBrun in 1986 in connection with the classification of compact self-dual 4-manifolds.     

Extremal Kähler metrics and complex deformation theory

Let (M, J, g) be a compact Kähler manifold of constant scalar curvature. Then the Kähler class [] has an open neighborhood inH ^1,1 (M, ) consisting of classes which are represented by Kähler forms of extremal Kähler metrics; a class in this neighborhood is represented by the Kähler form of a metric of constant scalar curvature iff the Futaki invariant of the class vanishes. If, moreover, the derivative of the Futaki invariant at [] is nondegenerate, every small deformation of the complex manifold (M, J) also carries Kähler metrics of constant scalar curvature. We then apply these results to prove new existence theorems for extremal Kähler metrics on certain compact complex surfaces.The first author is supported in part by NSF grant DMS 92-04093.     

Global symplectic coordinates on gradient Kähler–Ricci solitons

A classical result of McDuff [14] asserts that a simply connected complete Kähler manifold $(M,g,\omega )$ with non positive sectional curvature admits global symplectic coordinates through a symplectomorphism $\Psi \ : M \rightarrow \mathbb{R }^{2n}$ (where $n$ is the complex dimension of $M$ ), satisfying the following property (proved by E. Ciriza in [4]): the image $\Psi (T)$ of any complex totally geodesic submanifold $T\subset M$ through the point $p$ such that $\Psi (p)=0$ , is a complex linear subspace of $\mathbb C ^n\simeq \mathbb{R }^{2n}$ . The aim of this paper is to exhibit, for all positive integers $n$ , examples of $n$ -dimensional complete Kähler manifolds with non-negative sectional curvature globally symplectomorphic to $\mathbb{R }^{2n}$ through a symplectomorphism satisfying Ciriza’s property.     

Nearly Kähler Submanifolds of a Space Form

In this article, we study isometric immersions of nearly Kähler manifolds into a space form (especially Euclidean space) and show that every nearly Kähler submanifold of a space form has an umbilic foliation whose leafs are 6-dimensional nearly Kähler manifolds. Moreover, using this foliation we show that there is no non-homogeneous 6-dimensional nearly Kähler submanifold of a space form. We prove some results towards a classification of nearly Kähler hypersurfaces in standard space forms.     

Positive Twistor Bundle of a Kähler Surface

The aim of this paper is to characterize Kähler surfaces in terms oftheir positive twistor bundle. We prove that an oriented four-dimensionalRiemannian manifold (M, g) admits a complex structure J compatible with the orientation and such that (M, g, J is a Kähler manifold ifand only if the positive twistor bundle (Z ⁺(M), g _c ) admits a verticalKilling vector field.     

On a class of compact Kähler varieties

Summary Is given in the introduction.

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Sunto Si studiauo le varietà k?hleriane compatte, V, dotate di proiezioni olomorfe sopra spazi proiettivi complessi di dimensione inferiore. Si dimostra, fra l'altro, che, qualora tali proiezioni olomorfe soddisfino ad opportune condizioni di regolarità, le restrizioni di certi gruppi diDolbeault di V alle fibre (non singolari) determinate dalle proiezioni olomorfe suddette, sono iniettive. Da ciò consegue che il genere geometrico ed altri invarianti di V si annullano.

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This paper was supported by the National Science Foundation, under contract NSF G-4143 with the Northwestern University. Some of the results of the present paper have been announced, without proof, inE. Vesentini,Sopra i sistemi fibrati k?hleriani compatti, ? Rend. Acc. Naz. Lincei ?, (8)24 (1958).     

A closed symplectic four-manifold has almost Kähler metrics of negative scalar curvature

We show that any closed symplectic four-dimensional manifold (M, ω) admits an almost Kähler metric of negative scalar curvature compatible with ω.