The Frölicher spectral sequence for compact nilmanifolds (Q2640953)

The Frölicher spectral sequence \(\{E_ r\}\) for any complex manifold M of complex dimension n is the spectral sequence associated with (\(\Lambda\),d), where \(\Lambda\) are the complex differential forms on M. In many instances \(E_ 1\cong E_{\infty}\) or \(E_ 2\cong E_{\infty}\), but until recently no examples where known of complex manifolds for which \(E_ 2\not\cong E_{\infty}\). Compact complex manifolds of complex dimension at least 4 for which \(E_ 2\not\cong E_ 3\cong E_{\infty}\) where found by the authors in C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 305, 753-756 (1987; Zbl 0627.32025). In the present paper the authors begin to tackle the problem of finding for any r a compact complex manifold for which \(E_ r\not\cong E_{\infty}\), considering in particular the case \(r=3\). An example is given of a compact nilmanifold of complex dimension 4 for which \(E_ 1\not\cong E_ 2\not\cong E_ 3\cong E_{\infty}\), which is simpler than that of the paper cited above. The authors claim that this is the starting point for constructing examples with \(E_ n\not\cong E_{n+1}\) for \(n\geq 3\) and in fact in section 6 a nilmanifold is produced with \(E_ 3\not\cong E_ 4\cong E_{\infty}\).