Kähler cone

E551967

The Kähler cone is the convex cone in the cohomology of a complex manifold consisting of classes that can be represented by Kähler forms, encoding its possible Kähler metrics and playing a central role in complex and algebraic geometry.

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Kähler class 1
Kähler classes 1
Kähler cone canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convex cone
geometric object
subset of cohomology
appearsIn Hodge theory
Yau's solution of the Calabi conjecture (as space of Kähler classes)
global Torelli theorems for K3 surfaces
characterizedBy classes representable by closed real (1,1)-forms
classes representable by positive definite (1,1)-forms
consistsOf cohomology classes of Kähler forms
definedOn complex manifold
dependsOn Hodge decomposition of the manifold
complex structure of the manifold
encodes possible Kähler metrics on a complex manifold
field algebraic geometry
complex geometry
hasBoundaryDescribedBy classes of nef but not Kähler divisors (projective case)
degeneration of Kähler metrics
invariantUnder biholomorphisms
is set of cohomology classes [ω] with ω a Kähler form
livesIn H^{1,1}(X,ℝ)
real (1,1)-cohomology
mayBeTrivialIf manifold is non-Kähler
nonEmptyIf manifold is Kähler
property convex
open cone
salient cone
relatedConcept Mori cone
ample cone
nef cone
pseudo-effective cone
relatedTo Kähler class
Kähler form
Kähler metric
structure open convex cone in a finite-dimensional real vector space
studiedBy Claire Voisin
Jean-Pierre Demailly
Shigefumi Mori
Vladimir Shokurov
subsetOf nef cone (for projective manifolds, interior)
positive cone
usedIn Calabi–Yau geometry
birational geometry of projective varieties
classification of compact Kähler manifolds
minimal model program (via nef and movable cones)
mirror symmetry
study of moduli of Kähler metrics

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Calabi–Yau manifold hasInvariant Kähler cone
Calabi–Yau metric uniqueUpTo Kähler class
linked to: Kähler cone
Calabi–Yau metric usedToDefine Kähler moduli space
linked to: Kähler cone
Calabi conjecture concerns Kähler classes
linked to: Kähler cone