An JJ on a smooth 2n2n-manifold is integrable if every point has local coordinates in Cn\mathbb C^n whose ordinary multiplication by ii induces JJ. Such charts have transition maps and therefore make the manifold a .

By the Newlander–Nirenberg theorem, integrability is equivalent to vanishing of the Nijenhuis tensor. The condition is automatic in real dimension two but is a genuine differential constraint in higher dimensions.