The classification of three-dimensional homogeneous complex manifold (Q1842562)

Let \(X\) be a connected complex manifold equipped with a transitive action of a (real or complex) Lie group \(G\) of biholomorphic transformations, i.e. \(X = G/H\). Although this class of manifolds is very big it is possible to give a complete classification in low dimensions. For \(\dim X = 1\) the uniformisation theorem yields the list: \(\mathbb{C}, \mathbb{C}^*, \mathbb{P}_ 1\), elliptic curves and the unit disc. For \(\dim X = 2\) the situation is already much more complicated and the classification was done by several authors in a period of more than 20 years, starting with the compact case in 1962 by \textit{J. Tits} [Comment. Math. Helv. 37, 111- 120 (1962; Zbl 0108.363)] and finished for real groups \(G\) in 1984 by \textit{K. Oeljeklaus} and \textit{W. Richthofer} [Math. Ann. 268, 273-292 (1984; Zbl 0551.32023)]. In 1979 J. Snow classified all quotients \(X = G/ \Gamma\) where \(G\) is a complex solvable Lie group and \(\Gamma \subset G\) a discrete subgroup with \(\dim X \leq 3\). The classification of three- dimensional homogeneous complex manifolds was completed in 1987 by the author, and it needed more than 200 pages of this monograph to write down the proofs in detail. The list distinguishes 35 types of three- dimensional homogeneous complex manifolds, and is mainly organized by the structure of \(G\), i.e. \(G\) complex (solvable, semisimple, mixed) or \(G\) real (solvable, non-solvable). In a very subtle way the author tries a net of methods from complex analysis, algebraic geometry, differential geometry, structure theory of Lie group and Lie algebras, representation theory etc. to get his list completed. These lecture notes can be highly recommended as a source of ideas and fundamental methods in the theory of transformation groups on complex manifolds.