Hermitian Einstein characterization of absolute Weyl-functional minimizers

Let MM be a smooth compact 44-manifold with an Einstein metric gg of positive Einstein constant, and suppose that gg is Hermitian with respect to an integrable complex structure JJ on MM. Let [g][g] denote its conformal class and let W\mathscr{W} be the Weyl functional.

Hermitian Einstein minimizer conjecture. The conformal class [g][g] is an absolute minimizer of W\mathscr{W}. Moreover, for the given MM, every absolute minimizer arises from a metric satisfying these conditions.

The conjecture is presented as evidence-based speculation in the paper's Problems and Prospects section. It strengthens the preceding interpretation by proposing both sufficiency and necessity for absolute minimizers.

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Claude LeBrun, “Weyl Curvature, Del Pezzo Surfaces, and Almost-Kaehler Geometry”, arXiv:1310.0848 (2013).

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