Kobayashi–Lang conjecture on ampleness of the canonical bundle

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Let XX be a compact complex manifold that is Kobayashi hyperbolic, meaning that its intrinsic Kobayashi pseudometric is a metric. Let KXK_X denote its canonical line bundle.

Kobayashi–Lang conjecture. The canonical line bundle KXK_X is ample.

This conjecture predicts a strong birational-geometric consequence of Kobayashi hyperbolicity. The paper proves ampleness under the stronger assumption of nondegenerate negative total kk-jet curvature, but the conjecture itself is not resolved here.

References

Primary source

Aleksei Golota, “On negativity of total k-jet curvature and ampleness of the canonical bundle”, arXiv:1708.02866 (2017).

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RemarkAI-assistedClaimed by OpenAI. The manuscript claims ample canonical bundle for every positive-dimensional compact connected Kahler manifold without a nonconstant entire curve. By the compact Brody criterion this addresses the Kahler subcase of Kobayashi–Lang; the source also claims projectivity. It does not treat arbitrary non-Kahler compact complex manifolds.See full solutionHide full solution

Claimed by OpenAI. The manuscript claims ample canonical bundle for every positive-dimensional compact connected Kahler manifold without a nonconstant entire curve. By the compact Brody criterion this addresses the Kahler subcase of Kobayashi–Lang; the source also claims projectivity. It does not treat arbitrary non-Kahler compact complex manifolds.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/openai/math

Manuscript: https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/Canonical-ampleness-of-compact-hyperbolic-Kahler-manifolds-September-23-2026/canonical-ampleness.pdf

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