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On K\"ahler metrisability of two-dimensional complex projective structures

Differential Geometry 2023-07-19 v2

Abstract

We derive necessary conditions for a complex projective structure on a complex surface to arise via the Levi-Civita connection of a (pseudo-)K\"ahler metric. Furthermore we show that the (pseudo-)K\"ahler metrics defined on some domain in the projective plane which are compatible with the standard complex projective structure are in one-to-one correspondence with the hermitian forms on C3\mathbb{C}^3 whose rank is at least two. This is achieved by prolonging the relevant finite-type first order linear differential system to closed form. Along the way we derive the complex projective Weyl and Liouville curvature using the language of Cartan geometries.

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@article{arxiv.1304.2611,
  title  = {On K\"ahler metrisability of two-dimensional complex projective structures},
  author = {Thomas Mettler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.2611},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

17 pages, exposition improved, typos corrected, references added

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