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3.2.4 K3 surfaces [03TW]

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3.2.4 K3 surfaces

Before considering this example let us remark that one can define integrable systems in the case of complex manifolds. More precisely, assume that XX is a complex manifold of complex dimension 2โ€‹n2n, ฯ‰๐‚\omega_{\bf C} is a holomorphic closed non-degenerate 22-form on XX, B=B0B=B_{0} is a complex manifold of dimension nn and ฯ€:Xโ†’B\pi:X\to B is a surjective proper holomorphic map such that generic fibers of ฯ€\pi are connected complex Lagrangian submanifolds of XX. With a complex integrable system one can associate a real one by forgetting complex structures on XX and BB and taking ฯ‰:=Rโ€‹eโ€‹(ฯ‰๐‚)\omega:=Re(\omega_{\bf C}) as a symplectic form on XX. It is easy to see that the image of the monodromy representation belongs to Sโ€‹pโ€‹(2โ€‹n,๐™)โ‹‰๐‘2โ€‹nโŠ‚Gโ€‹Lโ€‹(2โ€‹n,๐™)โ‹‰๐‘2โ€‹nSp(2n,{{\bf Z}})\ltimes{{\bf R}}^{2n}\subset GL(2n,{{\bf Z}})\ltimes{{\bf R}}^{2n}.

Let (X,ฮฉ)(X,\Omega) be a complex K3 surface equipped with a non-zero holomorphic 2-form ฯ‰๐‚=ฮฉ\omega_{\bf C}=\Omega and ฯ€:Xโ†’๐‚โ€‹P1\pi:X\to{{\bf C}P}^{1} a holomorphic fibration such that the generic fiber of ฯ€\pi is an elliptic curve. For example, XX can be represented as a surface in ๐‚โ€‹P2ร—๐‚โ€‹P1{{\bf C}P}^{2}\times{{\bf C}P}^{1} given by a general equation Fโก(x0,x1,x2,y0,y1)=0F(x_{0},x_{1},x_{2},y_{0},y_{1})=0 of bidegree (3,2)(3,2) in homogeneous coordinates. Map ฯ€\pi is the projection to the second factor. Holomorphic form ฮฉ\Omega is given by

ฮฉ=iEโ€‹uโ€‹lโ€‹eโ€‹rxโˆงEโ€‹uโ€‹lโ€‹eโ€‹ryโ€‹dโ€‹x0โˆงdโ€‹x1โˆงdโ€‹x2โˆงdโ€‹y0โˆงdโ€‹y1dโ€‹F,\Omega=i_{Euler_{x}\wedge Euler_{y}}\frac{dx_{0}\wedge dx_{1}\wedge dx_{2}\wedge dy_{0}\wedge dy_{1}}{dF}\,\,,

where Eโ€‹uโ€‹lโ€‹eโ€‹rpEuler_{p} denotes the Euler vector field along coordinates p=(xi)p=(x_{i}) or (yi)(y_{i}). Such an elliptic fibration gives an integrable system. Namely, we set X:=Xโก(๐‚)X:=X({{\bf C}}), ฯ‰:=Rโ€‹eโ€‹(ฮฉ)\omega:=Re(\Omega), B:=๐‚โ€‹P1โ‰ƒS2B:={{\bf C}P}^{1}\simeq S^{2}. Generically Bsโ€‹iโ€‹nโ€‹gB^{sing} is a set of 24=ฯ‡โก(X)24=\chi(X) points in S2S^{2}. Singularity of the affine structure near each of 2424 points is well-known in the theory of integrable systems where it is called focus-focus singularity (see e.g. [Au], [Zu]). We will discuss it in Section 6.4. Here we give a short description of this singularity. We take ๐‘2{{\bf R}}^{2} with the standard integral affine structure, remove the point (x0,0)(x_{0},0) on the horizontal axis. Then we modify the affine structure (and also the CโˆžC^{\infty}-structure!) on the ray {(x,0)|x>x0}\{(x,0)\,|\,\,x>x_{0}\}. New local integral affine coordinates near points of this ray will be functions yy and x+maxโก(y,0)x+\max(y,0) (see Figure 1). The monodromy of the resulting integral affine structure around removed singular point (x0,0)(x_{0},0) is given by the transformation (x,y)โ†ฆ(x+y,y)(x,y)\mapsto(x+y,y).

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Figure 1: Focus-focus singularity. All lines are straight in the modified ๐™{\bf Z}-affine structure.

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