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The Complex Structures on $S^{2n}$

Differential Geometry 2017-12-12 v5

Abstract

Let J~(S2n)\widetilde{\cal J}(S^{2n}) be the set of orthogonal complex structures on TS2nTS^{2n}. We show that the twistor space J~(S2n)\widetilde{\cal J}(S^{2n}) is a Kaehler manifold. Then we show that an orthogonal almost complex structure JfJ_f on S2nS^{2n} is integrable if and only if the corresponding section f ⁣:  S2nJ~(S2n)f\colon\; S^{2n}\to \widetilde{\cal J}(S^{2n}) is holomorphic. These shows there is no integrable orthogonal complex structure on the sphere S2nS^{2n} for n>1n>1. We also show that there is no complex structure in a neighborhood of the space J~(S2n)\widetilde{\cal J}(S^{2n}). The method is to study the first Chern class of T(1,0)S2nT^{(1,0)}S^{2n}.

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@article{arxiv.math/0608368,
  title  = {The Complex Structures on $S^{2n}$},
  author = {Jianwei Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608368},
  year   = {2017}
}

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