Problem 1.9 (Complex projective space)

Complex projective n-space, denoted by n , is the set of all 1-dimensional complex-linear subspaces of n + 1 , with the quotient topology inherited from the natural projection π : n + 1 { 0 } n . Show that ℂℙ n is a compact 2 n -dimensional topological manifold, and show how to give it a smooth structure analogous to the one we constructed for n . (We use the correspondence

( x 1 + i y 1 , , x n + 1 + i y n + 1 ) ( x 1 , y 1 , , x n + 1 , y n + 1 )

to identify n + 1 with 2 n + 2 .) (Used on pp. 48, 96, 172, 560, 561.)