On the total curvature and Betti numbers of complex projective manifolds (Q2138588)

The author establishes an inequality between \(\beta_j\), the Betti numbers of \(M^m\), an \(m\)-dimensional compact complex projective manifold and its total curvature \(\mathcal{T}(M^m)\) (Definition 1.4). To be precise, the main result states that \(\displaystyle\sum_{j=1}^{2m}\beta_j\le \frac{m+1}{2}\mathcal{T}(M^m).\) Let us describe some sections. In the second section, the author reviews known results on the total curvature in the complex projective setting and states a formulation of the Chern-Lashof theorems for submanifolds of spheres. The third and the fourth sections are reserved for the proof of the main result. In the fifth section, the author states a result on the geometric meaning of the total curvature and another one on the extrinsic formulation of the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern.