Modified F-functional geodesic stability conjecture for Kähler–Ricci solitons

Let (M,[ω0])(M,[\omega_0]) be a Fano manifold, let P{\mathcal P} denote the space of Kähler potentials, and let FX{\mathcal F}_X be the modified F{\mathcal F}-functional associated with the vector field XX. A geodesic ray is a path ϕ(t)\phi(t) in P{\mathcal P} satisfying the geodesic equation.

Modified F-functional geodesic stability conjecture. The following are equivalent:

  1. There is a Kähler–Ricci soliton on MM with extremal vector field XX.
  2. There is a point ϕP\phi\in{\mathcal P} such that, for any geodesic ray ϕ(t)\phi(t) starting at ϕ\phi, the derivative of the FX{\mathcal F}_X-functional is nonnegative for some t0[0,)t_0\in[0,\infty).
  3. For any geodesic ray ϕ(t)\phi(t), t[0,)t\in[0,\infty), the derivative of the FX{\mathcal F}_X-functional is nonnegative for some t0[0,)t_0\in[0,\infty).

This conjecture is the Kähler–Ricci soliton analogue of the preceding geodesic stability formulation. The source connects the derivative of FX{\mathcal F}_X with the modified Futaki invariant, but gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Weiyong He, “-functional and geodesic stability”, arXiv:1208.1020 (2016).

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