Explicit computation of the Chern character forms

Abstract: We propose a method for explicit computation of the Chern character form of a holomorphic Hermitian vector bundle

(E, h)

over a complex manifold

X

in a local holomorphic frame. First, we use the descent equations arising in the double complex of

(p, q)

-forms on

X

and find explicit degree decomposition of the Chern-Simons form

m a t h r m {c s}_{k}

associated to the Chern character form

m a t h r m {c h}_{k}

of

(E, h)

. Second, we introduce the `ascent' equations that start from the

(2 k - 1, 0)

component of

m a t h r m {c s}_{k}

, and use Cholesky decomposition of the Hermitian metric

h

to represent the Chern-Simons form, modulo

d

-exact forms, as a

p a r t i a l

-exact form. This yields a formula for the Bott-Chern form

m a t h r m {b c}_{k}

of type

(k - 1, k - 1)

such that

. Explicit computation is presented for the cases

k = 2

and

3

.

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