Donaldson's relative K-stability conjecture for labeled polytopes

Let (Δ,u)(\Delta,u) be a labeled polytope. A symplectic potential is a function GS(Δ,u)G\in\mathcal{S}(\Delta,u), and its scalar curvature is

S(G)=ij2Hijμiμj.S(G)=-\sum_{ij}\frac{\operatorname{\partial}^2 H_{ij}}{\operatorname{\partial}\mu_i\operatorname{\partial}\mu_j}.

The labeled polytope is analytically relatively KK-stable with respect to toric degenerations when the relative Futaki functional

LΔ,u(f)=Δfdν12Δfζ(Δ,u)dv\mathcal{L}_{\Delta,u}(f)=\int_{\operatorname{\partial}\Delta}f\,d\nu-\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Delta}f\zeta_{(\Delta,u)}\,dv

is non-negative on every convex continuous piecewise affine-linear function on Δ\Delta, and vanishes only for affine-linear functions. Here ζ(Δ,u)\zeta_{(\Delta,u)} is the extremal affine-linear function, and HijH_{ij} is the inverse Hessian of GG.

Donaldson's relative K-stability conjecture. There is a solution GS(Δ,u)G\in\mathcal{S}(\Delta,u) to the extremal Kähler equation

S(G)=ζ(Δ,u)S(G)=\zeta_{(\Delta,u)}

if and only if (Δ,u)(\Delta,u) is analytically relatively KK-stable with respect to toric degenerations.

This conjecture formulates the expected equivalence between the existence of extremal Kähler metrics on toric orbifolds and relative stability under toric degenerations. The supplied context attributes the precise conjecture to Donaldson; its general resolution status is not established in the source material.

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Primary source

Eveline Legendre, “Toric geometry of convex quadrilaterals”, arXiv:0909.4512 (2010).

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