Complex projective space

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:geometry
gptkb:mathematical_concept
Complex manifold
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:Algebraic_topology
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Twistor_theory
Quantum mechanics (projective Hilbert space)
gptkbp:automorphismGroup PGL(n+1,C)
gptkbp:built Set of lines through the origin in C^{n+1}
gptkbp:can_be_covered_by n+1 affine charts
gptkbp:cohomology_ring Z[x]/(x^{n+1})
gptkbp:complex_dimension n
gptkbp:CW_complex_structure Yes
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:Complex_numbers
gptkbp:dimensions n (for CP^n)
gptkbp:Euler_characteristic n+1
gptkbp:field gptkb:Mathematics
gptkbp:first_Betti_number 0
gptkbp:first_Chern_class Generator of H^2(CP^n, Z)
gptkbp:fundamentalGroup Trivial for n = 1
Trivial for n > 0
Trivial for n > 1
gptkbp:has_cell_decomposition One cell in each even dimension up to 2n
gptkbp:hasModel Projective geometry over C
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase CP^1 is the Riemann sphere
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:algebraic_geometry
Kähler manifold
Smooth manifold
Compact complex manifold
Simply connected manifold for n > 0
Symplectic manifold
gptkbp:homogeneous_space Yes
gptkbp:homogeneous_space_under Projective linear group PGL(n+1,C)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Complex projective space
gptkbp:notation CP^n
gptkbp:real_dimension 2n
gptkbp:relatedTo Grassmannian
Quaternionic projective space
Real projective space
gptkbp:second_Betti_number 1
gptkbp:topology gptkb:Hausdorff
Connected
Compact
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Topology
gptkb:Algebraic_geometry
Mathematical physics
Complex geometry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CW_Complexes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8