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Complex Surface


A complex surface is a complex manifold of complex dimension two, meaning that its coordinate charts take values in open subsets of C^2. Its underlying real manifold has dimension four. Important examples include K3 surfaces and two-dimensional complex tori.


See also

Algebraic Surface, Complex Manifold, Complex Torus, K3 Surface

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References

Barth, W. P.; Peters, C. A.; and van de Ven, A. A. Compact Complex Surfaces. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Complex Surface." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ComplexSurface.html

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