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On the classification of Inoue surfaces

Complex Variables 2025-07-02 v3

Abstract

We prove that any Inoue surface admits a unique holomorphic connection. Using this result we show that two Inoue surfaces S=H×C/GS=H\times\mathbb{C}/G, S=H×C/GS'=H\times\mathbb{C}/G' are biholomorphic if and only if GG, GG' are conjugate in the group of affine transformations of H×CH\times\mathbb{C}. This result allows us to prove explicit classification theorems for Inoue surfaces: Let M\mathcal{M} be the set of SL(3,Z){\rm SL}(3,\mathbb{Z})-matrices MM with a real eigenvalue α>1\alpha>1 and two non-real eigenvalues, and N±\mathcal{N}^\pm the set of GL(2,Z){\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z})-matrices NN with a real eigenvalue α>1\alpha>1 and det(N)=±1\det(N)=\pm 1. We prove that: For any GL(3,Z){\rm GL}(3,\mathbb{Z})-similarity class MM/\mathfrak{M}\in \mathcal{M}/\sim, there exists exactly two biholomorphism classes of type I Inoue surfaces. For any GL(2,Z){\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z}) similarity class N=[N]N+/\mathfrak{N}=[N]\in \mathcal{N}^+/\sim and positive integer rNr\in\mathbb{N}^*, we have a finite set of deformation classes of type II Inoue surfaces. This set is parameterised by the quotient of Z2/(I2N)Z2+rZ2\mathbb{Z}^2/(I_2-N)\mathbb{Z}^2+r\mathbb{Z}^2 by an action of the "positive centraliser" ZGL(2,Z)+(N)Z^+_{{\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z})}(N) of NN in GL(2,Z){\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z}). The set of biholomorphism types corresponding to a deformation class, endowed with its natural topology, can be identified with either C\mathbb{C}^* or C\mathbb{C}. For any GL(2,Z){\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z})-similarity class N=[N]N/\mathfrak{N}=[N]\in \mathcal{N}^-/\sim and positive integer rNr\in\mathbb{N}^*, we have a finite set of biholomorphism classes of type III Inoue surfaces. This set is parameterised by the quotient of Z2/(I2+N)Z2+rZ2\mathbb{Z}^2/(I_2+N)\mathbb{Z}^2+r\mathbb{Z}^2 by an action of ZGL(2,Z)+(N)Z^+_{{\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z})}(N). In both cases the group ZGL(2,Z)+(N)Z^+_{{\rm GL}(2,\mathbb{Z})}(N) is infinite cyclic (see section 5).

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@article{arxiv.2406.15158,
  title  = {On the classification of Inoue surfaces},
  author = {Zahraa Khaled and Andrei Teleman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.15158},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 43 pages. Revised version: We added relevant references in the introduction, and we inserted a new remark about the non-existence of Real structures on type I Inoue surfaces

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