Yujiro Kawamata | Kunihiko Kodaira and complex manifolds

Throughout the 20-21 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a lecture series on literature in the mathematical sciences, with a focus on significant developments in mathematics that have influenced the discipline, and the lifetime accomplishments of significant scholars. Talks will take place throughout the semester. All talks will take place virtually.

Written articles will accompany each lecture in this series and be available as part of the publication “The Literature and History of Mathematical Science“

Speaker: Yujiro Kawamata (University of Tokyo)

Title: Kunihiko Kodaira and complex manifolds.

Abstract: Kodaira’s motivation was to generalize the theory of Riemann surfaces in Weyl’s book to higher dimensions. After quickly recalling the chronology of Kodaira, I will review some of Kodaira’s works in three sections on topics of harmonic analysis, deformation theory and compact complex surfaces. Each topic corresponds to a volume of Kodaira’s collected works in three volumes, of which I will cover only tiny parts.