The maximum exterior power of the tangent bundle TM of a Kähler manifold M, which has complex dimension m, is definitively m. This conclusion arises from the properties of exterior products in the context of complex manifolds, where the exterior power is determined by the dimensionality of the underlying complex vector space. The discussion highlights that the assumption of a maximum exterior power being 2m is incorrect, as it overlooks the nature of wedging even-dimensional forms and the specific structure of Kähler manifolds.
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nughret said:I am working through a book on Kahler manifolds and for one of the proofs it states that the maximum exterior power of TM is m (where M has complex dimension). Could you explain why this is the case rather than the maximum exterior power being 2m.