Compact Kähler manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator (Q1083038)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Compact Kähler manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator
scientific article

    Statements

    Compact Kähler manifolds with nonnegative curvature operator (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    1986
    0 references
    Let \((M,g_{ij})\) be a Riemannian manifold. The Riemannian manifold M has nonnegative curvature operator, if the symmetric linear map \[ Rm: \Lambda^ 2(M)_ p\to \Lambda^ 2(M)_ p, \] defined by \(Rm(\phi)_{ij}=g^{km} g^{\ln} R_{ijkl} \phi_{mn}\), \(\phi \in \Lambda^ 2(M)_ p\), has nonnegative eigenvalues for every \(p\in M\). We say that a Kähler manifold has nonnegative curvature operator, if the underlying Riemannian manifold has nonnegative curvature operator. The main result of the present paper is the following theorem: If M is a compact simply connected irreducible Kähler manifold with nonnegative curvature operator, then M is either isometric to a Hermitian symmetric manifold or biholomorphic to the complex projective space \({\mathbb{C}}P^ n.\) For a proof, if M is not an isometric Hermitian symmetric space, by Hamilton's result [\textit{R. S. Hamilton}, Four-manifolds with positive curvature operator (to appear in J. Differ. Geom.)] the authors show that M has positive bisectional curvature by deforming the original Kähler metric. Then, by Mori [\textit{S. Mori}, Ann. Math., II. Ser. 110, 593-606 (1979; Zbl 0423.14006)], M is biholomorphic to \({\mathbb{C}}P^ n\).
    0 references
    curvature operator
    0 references
    Kähler manifold
    0 references
    Hermitian symmetric manifold
    0 references
    complex projective space
    0 references
    0 references

    Identifiers