Rubinstein's Ricci iteration convergence conjecture

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Let XX be a compact Kähler manifold with a Kähler class Ω\Omega containing a constant scalar curvature Kähler metric. For any ω∈Ω\omega\in\Omega, consider the Ricci iteration

ωi+1−ωiτ=−Ric⁡(ωi+1)+HRic⁡(ωi+1),i∈N,ω0=ω.\frac{\omega_{i+1}-\omega_i}{\tau}=-\operatorname{Ric}(\omega_{i+1})+\operatorname{HRic}(\omega_{i+1}),\qquad i\in\mathbb{N},\qquad \omega_0=\omega.

Rubinstein's Ricci iteration convergence conjecture. The iteration exists for all i∈Ni\in\mathbb{N} and converges in an appropriate sense to a constant scalar curvature metric. The conjecture proposes a discrete uniformization procedure for cscK metrics. In the source paper, the authors state that they prove global existence and convergence modulo automorphisms, confirming Rubinstein's 2007 conjecture; the parser supplies no more specific resolution evidence.

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Kewei Zhang, “The Ricci iteration towards cscK metrics”, arXiv:2311.15524 (2025).

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