Abstract:
The Kodaira theorem ensures vanishing of higher cohomology for line bundles of
the form $K_X + A$, where $A$ is ample, on a smooth complex projective
manifold $X$. This fundamental result was initially shown using methods of
complex analytic and differential geometry; a purely algebraic proof appeared
much later. I will present two proofs of this theorem, assuming existence of
the Hodge decomposition.