Yau–Tian–Donaldson conjecture for cscK metrics

Let (X,L)(X,L) be a smooth polarized manifold, where c1(L)c_1(L) denotes the first Chern class of LL, and let K-polystability mean that every test configuration has nonnegative Donaldson–Futaki invariant, with equality only for product test configurations. Yau–Tian–Donaldson conjecture. There exists a constant-scalar-curvature Kähler metric in the class c1(L)c_1(L) if and only if (X,L)(X,L) is K-polystable. This is the cscK form of the Yau–Tian–Donaldson correspondence, relating an analytic existence problem to an algebro-geometric stability condition; its effective and general form remains open.

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Primary source

Thibaut Delcroix, “On the effective YTD conjecture”, arXiv:2509.08760 (2025).

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36 papers in this index state this conjecture (2004–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2409.13617, arXiv:2409.06221, arXiv:2209.05848, arXiv:2207.02604, arXiv:2110.08491, arXiv:2109.00307, arXiv:2004.12634, arXiv:2001.01366, arXiv:1911.12701, arXiv:1904.00147, arXiv:1811.12584, arXiv:1810.07639, and 23 more.

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