Abstract. The main result of this note is that, for each n ∈ {1, 2, 3, . . .}, there exists a Hodge metric on the n-th Hirzebruch surface whose positive holomorphic sectional curvature is 1 (1+2n) 2 -pinched. The type of metric under consideration was first studied by Hitchin in this context. In order to address the case n = 0, we prove a general result on the pinching of the holomorphic sectional curvature of the product metric on the product of two Hermitian manifolds M and N of positive holomorphic sectional curvature.

The main result of this note essentially is that if the base and fibers of a compact fibration carry Hermitian metrics of positive holomorphic sectional curvature, then so does the total space of the fibration. The proof is based on the use of a warped product metric as in the work by Cheung in case of negative holomorphic sectional curvature, but differs in certain key aspects, e.g., in that it does not use the subadditivity property for holomorphic sectional curvature due to Grauert-Reckziegel and Wu.

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