Conjecture on Calabi-energy minimization by Bach-flat Kähler metrics

Let (M,J)(M,J) be a compact complex surface, and let gg be a Bach-flat Kähler metric, meaning a Kähler metric compatible with JJ whose Bach tensor vanishes. Let C\mathcal{C} denote the Calabi energy on the space of Kähler metrics on MM. Calabi-minimizer conjecture. The metric gg is an absolute minimizer of the Calabi energy C\mathcal{C} on the space of all JJ-compatible Kähler metrics on MM. Bach-flat Kähler metrics are critical points of the Calabi energy, and the known examples are absolute minima; whether every such metric is an absolute minimizer remains open.

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Claude LeBrun, “Bach-Flat Kaehler Surfaces”, arXiv:1702.03840 (2017).

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