The above text is from Griffiths and Harris. $M=V/\Lambda$ is a complex tori where $V$ is a $n$-dimensional complex vector space and $\Lambda$ is a lattice isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}^{2n}$ in $V$. We are trying to see conditions required for existence for a Hodge form on $M$. Can someone please explain in the above text assuming $\tilde{\omega}$ a rational form, how does $\omega$ become an integral form on $M$ ? Also does this idea generalize for any Lie group (integrating w.r.t the Haar measure similarly)?
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Doubt about obtaining integral cohomology form from a rational cohomology form
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As for your particular question, I think the authors assumed that $\tilde{\omega}$ is integral. They really mean to take a integral multiple of the original Hodge form in Kodaira's theorem.
In general, taking average does not change the cohomology class.
More precisely, let $G$ be a compact Lie group acting transitively on a smooth manifold $M$, then there is a chain map between complex of differential forms and complex of $G$-invariant differential forms $$I:\Omega^*(M)\to \Omega^*_G(M)$$ $$I(\omega)=\int_Gg^*\omega\ dg.$$ Here $dg$ is the Haar measure on $G$ (satisfying $\int_G 1dg=1$). Let $J:\Omega^*_G(M)\to \Omega^*(M)$ be inclusion. The following is classical by Chevalley:
So in particular any cohomology class on $M$ is represented by a $G$-invariant form.
Now apply for $G$= complex torus acting on itself, the forms $dz_i$ and $d\bar{z}_j$ are all $G$-invariant, that's why $$I(\tilde{\omega})=I(\sum \tilde{h}_{\alpha\beta}(z)dz_i\wedge dz_j)=\sum\big (\int_G\tilde{h}_{\alpha\beta}(z)dg\big )dz_i\wedge dz_j=\sum h_{\alpha\beta}dz_i\wedge dz_j,$$ which does not change the cohomology class. So in particular if $\tilde{\omega}$ is integral of type $(1,1)$, the invariant form $I(\tilde{\omega})$ is still integral and of type $(1,1)$.