Calabi flow, Geodesic rays, and uniqueness of constant scalar curvature K\

By Xiuxiong Chen, Song Sun. 2010

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We prove that constant scalar curvature K\"ahler metric "adjacent" to a fixed K\"ahler class is unique up to isomorphism. This extends the uniqueness theorem of Donaldson and Chen-Tian, and formally fits into the infinite dimensional G.I.T picture described by Donaldson. We prove that the Calabi flow near a cscK metric exists globally and converges uniformly to a cscK metric in a polynomial rate. Viewed in a K\"ahler class, the Calabi flow is also shown to be asymptotic to a smooth geodesic ray at infinity. This latter fact is also interesting in the finite dimensional analogue, where we show that the downward gradient flow of the Kempf-Ness function in a semi-stable orbit is asymptotic to the direction of optimal degeneration.

Subfields: Applied Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geometry and Topology

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Space of Ricci Flows I (2009, background): “[33]), all the smooth Kähler Einstein metrics form an isolated family, then the second condition is satisfied automatically.”