Result 338, Differential geometry

Yau's uniformization conjecture

Proves Yau's uniformization conjecture: every complete connected noncompact Kähler manifold with strictly positive holomorphic bisectional curvature is biholomorphic to ℂn.

Proof

The bigger picture

Why it matters

A space can be geometrically curved yet have exactly the same complex-analytic structure as ordinary complex coordinate space. The manuscript claims that a strong curvature condition forces this global simplicity for a broad class of spaces.

What changes?

The manuscript reports that every complete, connected, noncompact Kähler manifold of complex dimension n with strictly positive holomorphic bisectional curvature is biholomorphic to complex Euclidean space of dimension n. Kähler manifolds combine compatible complex and metric geometries; completeness means no distance-limit points are missing. The curvature condition requires positivity for every pair of complex tangent directions. Biholomorphic means there is a one-to-one, onto holomorphic map with holomorphic inverse. The claim covers every complex dimension.

What does that help mathematicians do?

If established, the result would show that these local curvature restrictions determine the entire complex structure globally. In particular, every manifold satisfying the hypotheses must be contractible: it can be continuously shrunk to a point. This rules out nontrivial topology despite the freedom to choose curved metrics. It does not say the metric is Euclidean; a biholomorphic map need not preserve distances or curvature.

Are there practical applications?

Its immediate value is foundational: researchers studying holomorphic functions on these manifolds could work instead in global complex Euclidean coordinates. This simplifies the setting for complex analysis on precisely this class of spaces. It is not a demonstrated computational tool or physical application, and it does not by itself provide control over geometric measurements.

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Manuscript

Uniformization of complete Kähler manifolds with positive bisectional curvature

September 23, 2026 77 pages

We prove that every complete connected noncompact Kähler manifold with strictly positive holomorphic bisectional curvature is biholomorphic to complex Euclidean space. This resolves Yau's uniformization conjecture positively in every complex dimension.

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  title = {{Uniformization of complete K{\"a}hler manifolds with positive bisectional curvature}},
  howpublished = {OpenAI Math Release preprint
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