a Kähler manifold is symplectic
Let on a Kähler manifold. We will prove that is a symplectic form.
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is anti-symmetric
. Here we used the fact that is an Hermitian tensor on a Kähler manifold ()
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is linear
Due to anti-symmetry, we just need to check linearity on the second slot. Since is by definition linear, will also be linear.
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is non degenerate
On a given point on the manifold, pick a non null vector , . Since is non-degenerate11no vector but the null vector is orthogonal
to every other vector, is also non-degenerate (for all ). is thus non degenerate.
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is closed
First note that
Here we used the fact that both and are covariantly constant ( and )
We aim to prove that which is equivalent
to proving for all vector fields .
Since this is a tensorial identity
, WLOG we can assume that at a specific point in the Kähler manifold and prove the indentity for these vector fields22in particular this works for the canonical base of associated with a local coordinate system.
Consider with the previous commutation relations
at , using the formulas for differential forms of small valence:
The Levi-Civita connection
is torsion-free, thus:
And since all the commutators are null at (by assumption
) we get that:
is therefore closed.