Kähler immersions of Kähler manifolds into complex space forms (Q1668470)

Complex space forms are finite- or infinite-dimensional Kähler manifolds of constant holomorphic sectional curvature. The ones which are complete and simply connected are classified as follows: the complex Euclidean space \({\mathbb C}^N\) of dimension \(N\leq\infty\) with the Euclidean metric, the complex projective space \({\mathbb C\mathrm P}^N_b\) of dimension \(N\leq\infty\) with the Fubini-Study metric of constant holomorphic sectional curvature \(4b>0\) for \(b>0\), and the complex hyperbolic space \({\mathbb C\mathrm H}^N_b\) of dimension \(N\leq\infty\), which is a ball in \({\mathbb C}^N\) with the hyperbolic metric of constant holomorphic sectional curvature \(4b\) for \(b<0\). Following Calabi one denotes by \(F(N,b)\) the complex space form of dimension \(N\) and holomorphic sectional curvature \(4b\), \(b\in\mathbb R\). The book deals with the study, initiated by Calabi in the 1950's, of the (finite-dimensional) Kähler manifolds \((M,g)\) which admit a local Kähler immersion into \(F(N,b)\). If \(N<\infty\), this means that every point \(p\in M\) has a neighborhood \(U\) for which there exists a holomorphic map \(f:U\to F(N,b)\) which is an isometry with respect to \(g\) and the standard metric of \(F(N,b)\). When \(N=\infty\) one requires in addition that \(\sum_{j=1}^\infty|f_j(z)|^2 < R<\infty\) on \(U\), where \(f_j\) are the components of \(f\). The problem of the existence of a global Kähler immersion into \(F(N,b)\) is also considered in the book. Note that if \((M,g)\) admits a local Kähler immersion then the Kähler metric \(g\) must be real analytic, and one calls such \((M,g)\) a real analytic Kähler manifold. The authors start by recalling in Chapter 1 the definition and properties of the diastasis function introduced by Calabi, which gives a special local potential for \(g\) and is a fundamental tool for this study. In Chapter 2 they present Calabi's criterion for the existence of Kähler immersions into \({\mathbb C}^N\) and into non-flat complex space forms \(F(N,b)\), \(b\neq0\). As application, they also present Calabi's complete classification of the complex space forms which admit a Kähler immersion into another complex space form. The remaining five chapters give a comprehensive and up-to-date exposition of the subject of real analytic Kähler manifolds admitting Kähler immersions into complex space forms. The case of homogeneous Kähler manifolds, including the class of bounded symmetric domains with the Bergman metric, is studied in Chapter 3, while that of Kähler-Einstein manifolds is studied in Chapter 4. In Chapter 5 the authors consider this problem for several classes of Hartogs-type domains. The exposition of the book is nice and clear. Each chapter starts with an abstract and ends with a list of exercises. The last chapter contains some open problems. This book was awarded the 2017 Book Prize of the Unione Matematica Italiana.