Almost complex structures which are compatible with Kähler or symplectic structures

DOI10.1023/A:1006571108348MaRDI QIDQ1370906zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Frank Connolly, Kaoru Ono, Hông Vân Lê

Publication date 28 October 1998

Published in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006571108348

zbMATH Keywords

almost complex structureKähler structureSeiberg-Witten invariantssymplectic four-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55)

Review text

This paper contains two results related to the following questions. Given an almost complex structure \(J\) on a compact oriented 4-manifold \(M\), does \(M\) admit a compatible symplectic structure? If \(J\) is integrable, does \(M\) admit a compatible Kähler structure? In fact, thinking of \(J\) as a section of a principal \(SO(4)/U(2)\) bundle over \(M\), these questions can be posed for the homotopy class represented by \([J]\). The results of this paper show that there are always homotopy classes of almost complex structures for which the answer to these questions is negative. The results make use of a free involution \(p\), defined by \textit{S. Donaldson} [J. Differ. Geom. 26, 397-428 (1987; Zbl 0683.57005)] on the set of homotopy classes of almost complex structures. The precise statements are as follows. Theorem: Let \(M\) be a closed oriented 4-manifold such that \(b_+^2(M)\geq 2\), or \(b_+^2(M)=1\) and \(b_1(M)=0\), or \(M\) is diffeomorphic to a ruled or hyperelliptic surface. Suppose that a homotopy class \([J]\) is compatible with a symplectic structure. Then the homotopy class \(p[J]\) is not compatible with any symplectic structure. Theorem: Let \(M\) be a closed oriented 4-manifold. Suppose that a homotopy class \([J]\) is compatible with a Kähler structure. Then the homotopy class \(p[J]\) is not compatible with any Kähler structure. The proofs are via an application of C. H. Taubes' results (refined by D. Salamon to remove a sign ambiguity) on Seiberg-Witten invariants for symplectic 4-manifolds.

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