The Kalton-Peck space is the complexification of the real Kalton-Peck space (Q2154414)

The spaces of the title are twisted sums of two Hilbert spaces and were originally constructed using quasilinear mappings. It was discovered later that they appear naturally as the ``derived spaces'' of suitable interpolation pairs. Although more involved, the interpolation approach provides a better understanding of many properties of Kalton-Peck spaces and related twisted sums; see for example [\textit{M. Cwikel} et al., Adv. Math. 169, No. 2, 241--312 (2002; Zbl 1022.46017)]. However there is a plethora of interpolation methods. Real interpolation methods lead to a real Banach space and complex interpolation methods lead to a complex Banach space, with the relationship between the two not immediately clear. The major achievement of this paper is to show that the complex Kalton-Peck space is in fact the complexification of the real Kalton-Peck space.