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About a claim by Gromov on proper holomorphic maps
At p. 223 of his paper [G03], Mikhail Gromov makes the following claim:
Let $X$, $Y$ be two complex manifolds (not necessarily compact or Kähler) of the same dimension and having the same even Betti ...
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Elementary proof of Riemann-Roch for compact Riemann surfaces
I am supposed to give a talk about the Riemann-Roch theorem to a seminar of first and second year graduate students. I want to do Riemann-Roch for compact Riemann surfaces, but I am open to perhaps ...
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Can the holomorphic image of $(\mathbb{C}^*)^n$ be open but not dense
Let $M$ be a compact complex connected [but not necessarily kähler] $n$-manifold, and suppose we have a holomorphic map $$(\mathbb{C}^*)^n \to M$$ such that the image is open. Is the image necessarily ...
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Holomorphic vector fields acting on Dolbeault cohomology
The question.
Let $(X, J)$ be a complex manifold and $u$ a holomorphic vector field, i.e. $L_uJ = 0$. The holomorphicity of $u$ implies that the Lie derivative $L_u$ on forms preserves the (p,q) ...
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Vanishing of Dolbeault cohomologies and Steinness
That Stein manifolds have all $(p,q), p \geq 0, q \geq 1$ vanishing Dolbeault cohomology groups is more or less standard. I am a little bit confused about the reverse implication: whether the ...
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Proving algebraicity of compact Riemann surfaces without Chow's theorem
I am trying to write a report for a complex analysis class where I prove Riemann-Roch and apply it to prove algebraicity of compact Riemann surfaces. While writing this, I found that Riemann-Roch ...
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Gabriel's theorem for complex analytic spaces
Let $X,Y$ be noetherian schemes over $\mathbb{C}$.
Then, it is known that
$$
\text{Coh}(X) \simeq \text{Coh}(Y) \Rightarrow X \simeq Y,
$$
by P. Gabriel(1962).
Are there some results in the case of ...
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Highly connected, compact complex manifolds
Here are four remarks about the homology and homotopy type of a compact, complex manifold $M$:
If $M$ is Kähler, then it is symplectic and thus $H^2(M,\mathbb{R}) \ne 0$. (Also, as explained in a ...
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Can the group of holomorphic automorphisms of an open subset of the complex plane be isomorphic to the additive group of real numbers?
We can construct open sets in the complex plane $\mathbb{C}$ whose automorphism group is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}$, but is there an open set whose automorphism group is isomorphic to $\mathbb{R}$?
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Holomorphic Urysohn Lemma
Let $M,N$ be two disjoint closed holomorphic submanifolds of $\mathbb{C}^n$. Is there a holomorphic map $f:\mathbb{C}^n\to \mathbb{C}$ with $f(M)=0,\;f(N)=1$.
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Is a non-compact Riemann surface an open subset of a compact one ?
Let $X$ be a non-compact holomorphic manifold of dimension $1$. Is there a compact Riemann surface $\bar{X}$ suc that $X$ is biholomorphic to an open subset of $\bar{X}$ ?
Edit: To rule out the case ...
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Is every surjective holomorphic self-map on a compact complex manifold finite-to-one?
I have already asked this question on stack exchange, but I didn’t get any answer.
Let $X$ be a compact connected complex manifold.
Let $f:X \to X$ be a surjective holomorphic map. Is it true that $f$...
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Classification of holomorphic disc bundles
I've had difficulty finding sources which treat the classification of holomorphic disc bundles over (compact and noncompact) Riemann surfaces. Note that by "bundle", I mean a holomorphic fiber bundle,...
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Is every endomorphism of the sheaf of holomorphic functions on a disk a differential operator?
Let $D= \{z\in \mathbb{C}:|z| < 1\}$ be the unit disk. And consider the sheaf of holomorphic functions $\mathcal{O}_{D}$.
Question (?) : Is there a sheaf endomorphisms $\phi : \mathcal{O}_D \to \...
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Question about an estimate in Hörmander's proof of Cartan's Theorem B
I have been working through the proof of Cartan's Theorem B that Hörmander gives in his book 'Introduction to Complex Analysis in Several Variables'. When I began, I skipped over some of the initial ...
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Holomorphic deformation of complex structure on the real plane
It is known that each complex structures on $\mathbb{R}^2$ is biholomorphic to either $\mathbb{C}$ or the open unit disk $\Delta$.
One can continuously deform one complex structure to the other as is ...
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Real analytic subvariety in complex manifold which is complex outside of its singular set
Let $M$ be a complex manifold, and $Z \subset M$ a closed real analytic subvariety. Suppose that the set of smooth points in $Z$ is complex analytic in $M$. Will it follow that $Z$ is complex analytic?...
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Different notions of convergence of complex subvarieties
Let $X$ be a smooth complex algebraic variety (or, better, complex analytic manifold). Let $\{C_i\}$ be a sequence of compact algebraic subvarieties (resp. analytic reduced subspaces) which converges ...
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Cohomology of complex manifold vs cohomology of its complex submanifold
Let $X$ be a smooth complex analytic manifold. Let $Z\subset X$ be a smooth compact analytic submanifold. Let $A$ be a holomorphic vector bundle over $X$. Assume that
$$H^i(Z, A|_Z)=0 \mbox{ for any } ...
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Etymology of the O-notation for algebras of holomorphic functions
The notation $O(X)$ seems to be a quite standard notation for the algebra of all holomorphic functions on some connected domain in $\mathbb{C}^n$ (or a complex manifold). I would like to know where ...
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Do non-projective K3 surfaces have rational curves?
Define a compact Kähler surface $X$ to be a K3 surface if $X$ is simply connected, $K_X \simeq \mathcal{O}_X$, and $h^{0,1}=0$. If $X$ is projective, then a theorem typically attributed to Bogomolov ...
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Does Peetre's theorem hold in complex analysis?
Let $E, F$ be two smooth vector bundles over a smooth manifold $M$. Peetre's theorem states that any $\mathbb{R}$-linear morphism $D: \mathcal{E} \to \mathcal{F}$ of the sheaves of sections of $E$ and ...
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When $H^{p,q}_{\bar\partial}(X)$ can be seen as a subspace of $H^k(X,\mathbb C)$?
It is known that for a $\partial\bar\partial$-manifold $X$ (a compact complex manifold satisfies the $\partial\bar\partial$-lemma), the Bott-Chern cohomology $H_{BC}^{\bullet,\bullet}:=\frac{\ker \...
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holomorphic functions on Stein manifolds reaching maxima in a given point on the boundary (Shilov boundary)
Let $M$ be a Stein manifold with smooth, strictly
pseudoconvex boundary, and $x$ a point on its
boundary. Is there a holomorphic function $f$ on
$M$, smooth on the boundary, with strict
maximum of $|f|...
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Cohomology of neighborhood of $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^1$ in $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n$
Let $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^1$ be embedded linearly to $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n$ with $n>1$. (Such an embedding is given in coordinates by $[x:y]\mapsto [x:y:0:\dots: 0]$.)
Is it true that for any ...
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Complex structures on $R^{2N}$ with complex annulus
Let $M$ be a complex manifold of dimension $N\ge2$ such that
$\qquad$(1) $M$ is diffeomorphic to $R^{2N}$,
$\qquad$(2) There is a compact set $K\subseteq M$ such that $M\setminus K$ is biholomorphic ...
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A weak analytic version of the valuative criterion of properness
EDIT: Let $f\colon X\to Y$ be a morphism of complex analytic spaces (not necessarily smooth or reduced). Assume that
(a) $f$ is injective on points;
(b) $f$ is local imbedding near each point $x\in ...
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Extension of holomorphic maps to smooth family of holomorphic maps
Let $\pi:X \to D^2$ be a family of diffeomorphic (but not isomorphic) complex manifolds. Each fiber is allowed to have boundary but is compact (maybe not Stein) and $D^2 \subset \mathbb{C}$ is a ...
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Finite covers of punctured Riemann surfaces
Let $X$ be a compact Riemann surface, i.e. compact smooth complex analytic (hence automatically algebraic) curve. Let $A\subset X$ be a finite subset, and $X_0:=X\backslash A$.
Let $Y_0$ be a smooth ...
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Flat family with special fiber $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^1$
Let $C=Spec \mathbb{C}[t]/(t^{n+1})$. Let $X$ be an algebraic (or complex analytic) scheme, flat over $C$ with the structure morphism $f\colon X\to C$. Assume that the special fiber is isomorphic to $\...
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When is $\mathrm{Aut}(X)\times \mathrm{Aut}(Y)$ of finite index in $\mathrm{Aut}(X\times Y)$?
Let $\mathrm{Aut}(X)$ denote the group of biholomorphic autmorphisms of the (non-compact) complex manifold $X$. If $X$ and $Y$ are two (non-compact) complex manifolds, then $\mathrm{Aut}(X)$ and $\...
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Shrinking the boundary of a Riemann surface
Let $X$ be a compact Riemann surface with boundary. Let us shrink each connected component of the boundary into a point. We get a closed topological surface $Z$ with several marked points (which came ...
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Basic questions on the Hilbert scheme/ Douady space
Let $X$ be a complex projective scheme (resp. complex analytic space). The Hilbert scheme (resp. Douady space) parameterizes closed subschemes (resp. complex analytic subspaces) of $X$. More precisely,...
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Off-diagonal holomorphic extension of real analytic functions on $\mathbb{C}^n \times\mathbb{C}^n$
I am struggling trying to understand an statement in a paper I am reading:
Let $M$ be a complex manifold of dimension $2n$. Let's consider a function $\xi$: $M$ $\rightarrow$ $\mathbb{C}$ whose ...
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Approximation of a holomorphic function vanishing at a submanifold by polynomials
Suppose $M$ is a complex affine algebraic manifold in ${\mathbb C}^n$ (I mean, a set of common zeroes of a system of polynomials on ${\mathbb C}^n$, which is at the same time a smooth manifold). ...
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Real part of a holomorphic section of a vector bundle
Let $F\to M$ be a holomorphic vector bundle over a complex manifold $M$ and let $s:M\to F$ be a no-zero section. Let $E$ be the complexification of $F$, and suppose that $E$ admits a holomorphic ...
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Extension of holomorphic function on family of relatively compact strictly pseudoconvex domains
Let $Y \to M$ be a (proper and locally trivial) family of relatively compact strictly pseudoconvex domains which are smooth (not neccesarily Stein spaces). So $Y$ and $M$ are a complex manifold and ...
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Universal cover of Kodaira surface
From an earlier question, the universal cover of a Kodaira fibered surface is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{C}^2$. It is also not the polydisk or the ball. Can we say more about the structure of the ...
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Definition of a complex space
In the definition of a complex space (in the sense of Grauert), one defines a model space (one to which we require a complex space to be locally isomorphic) to be the support of the quotient sheaf $\...
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Are Lefschetz thimbles holomorphic manifolds?
I have a Lefschetz thimble defined by the stable flow of the gradient a holomorphic function
toward a critical point (as defined e.g. in Witten arXiv:1001.2933 and F.Pham "Vanishing homologies and the ...
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Plurisubharmonic exhaustion functions without critical points at infinity
A complex manifold $X$ is said to be weakly pseudoconvex if there exists on $X$ a smooth plurisubharmonic exhaustion function $\psi$.
For example, Stein manifolds are weakly pseudoconvex (in this ...
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Equivalent definitions of normality for complex algebraic varieties
In Kollár's article The structure of algebraic threefolds: an introduction to Mori's program he gives the following definition of a normal variety:
Definition 5.4. Let $V \subset \mathbb{C}^n$ be an ...
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Are injective analytic maps between non-archimedean spaces open?
Let $\Omega$ be a non-archimedean complete field, $n\in\mathbb N$ and $f:\Omega^n\to\Omega^n$ be an injective analytic map.
Is the application $f$ open?
In the complex case, this is a consequence of a ...
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Basic obstruction to anything like holomophic symmetric functions of infinitely many variables?
The totality of all holomorphic functions on the unit disk forms some sort of infinite-dimensional complex manifold, where the coefficients of the Taylor expansion might serve as coordinates for the ...
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Topology of level sets for meromorphic function
Let $F$ be a meromorphic function on $\mathbb{C}$.
I consider the "level set" $$E_\varepsilon=\{z:|F(z)|\leq\varepsilon\}.$$ My objective is to find conditions under which $E_\varepsilon$ ...
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Can a punctured ball $(B\setminus\{0\})\subset\mathbb{C}^n$ be foliated by complete leaves?
Recently Antonio Alarcón proved that in the case of the unit ball $B\subset\mathbb{C}^n$ for $n\geq 2$ every smooth closed complex submanifold of dimension $q\leq n$, $V\subset\mathbb{C}^n$ defines a ...
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Does the maximum principle hold in this pluriharmonic setting?
Let $U \subseteq \mathbb{C}^m$ be open, and let $F: U \to \mathbb{C}$ be a holomorphic function, with real part $u$. We are given a subset $S \subseteq U$ given by finitely many real equalities and ...
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Chern number of projection-Topological magic in physics
I enclosed a computation from a well-known paper in the field of mathematical physics where the Chern number of the first Landau level is computed (the result claimed is $-1$) and the full paper can ...
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Cohomology of a tubular neiborhood of submanifold vs cohomology of the formal neighborhood
Let $X$ be a smooth complex analytic manifold. Let $Z\subset X$ be a smooth compact analytic submanifold. Let $\hat Z$ be the formal neighborhood of $Z$. Let $U$ be an open neighborhood of $Z$.
Is ...
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Isotropy symmetric holomorphic functions
Let $G$ be a bounded homogeneous domain in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ and let $z\in G$.
Assume that $f$ is a holomorphic function on $G$, which is isotropy symmetric, i.e. $f\circ \varphi=f$ for any ...
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