The standard complex manifold structure on complex projective space #
The homogeneous-ratio charts on the circle quotient of the unit sphere form the standard
complex atlas on ComplexProjectiveSpace n. Their transition maps are ratios of affine coordinate
functions with a nonzero denominator, hence holomorphic. This construction uses only the sphere
quotient and its explicit homogeneous-coordinate charts.
These charts provide the usual complex structure with which to compare realizations of the projective-space fan.
References #
- D. Cox, J. Little and H. Schenck, Toric Varieties, §§3.1 and 3.4.
The standard atlas consists of the n + 1 homogeneous-ratio charts.
Membership in the standard projective atlas means being a homogeneous-ratio chart.
Homogeneous-ratio transitions are holomorphic wherever the new denominator is nonzero.
Complex projective space with its standard homogeneous-coordinate atlas is a complex manifold, at every differentiability order.
Each homogeneous-ratio chart is holomorphic on its affine open.
The inverse of each homogeneous-ratio chart is holomorphic.