Families of K-3 Surfaces

Abstract

Let V be a 2-dimensional compact complex manifold. V is called a K-3 surface if : a) the irregularity q = dim H1(V, θ) of V vanishes and b) the first Chern class c1 of V vanishes. The canonical sheaf (of holo-morphic 2-forms) K of such a surface is trivial, since q = 0 implies that the Chern class map cx : Pic (V) → H2(V, Z) is injective : thus V has a nowhere zero holomorphic 2-form.