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Families of proper holomorphic maps.
Barbara Drinovec Drnovšek1, Jure Kališnik1
1Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, and Institute of Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics, Jadranska 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Summary
Researchers constructed continuous proper holomorphic maps between complex manifolds. This mathematical advancement provides new tools for studying families of complex structures on surfaces.
Area of Science:
- Complex Geometry
- Differential Geometry
- Topology
Background:
- Smooth, open, oriented surfaces (X) are fundamental objects in geometry.
- Complex structures define how to locally view a surface as a complex manifold.
- A continuous family of complex structures allows for smooth transitions between different geometric viewpoints.
Purpose of the Study:
- To construct a continuous family of proper holomorphic maps.
- To connect a surface with varying complex structures to a fixed complex space (C^2).
- To explore the relationship between families of complex structures and geometric mappings.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing the properties of smooth, open, oriented surfaces.
- Employing the concept of a continuous family of complex structures parameterized by a metrisable space B.
- Constructing proper holomorphic maps (F_b) that depend continuously on the parameter b.
Main Results:
- A continuous family of proper holomorphic maps (F_b) was successfully constructed.
- These maps link the surface (X) with its continuously varying complex structures (J_b) to the complex space C^2.
- The construction demonstrates the existence of such maps for each parameter b in B.
Conclusions:
- The study establishes a method for creating continuous families of proper holomorphic maps.
- This work provides a bridge between families of complex structures on surfaces and mappings into complex Euclidean space.
- The findings have implications for understanding the deformation of complex structures and related geometric properties.
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