Kähler-Einstein Metrics on Compact Cohomogeneity One Fano

Manifolds via Effective Approximations

Pilar Orellana / Anthony Van
Abstract Discussion

Kähler-Einstein metrics emerge when a complex, topologi-

cal manifold, under additional conditions, admits a metric
that is both Einstein and Kähler. They are beautiful objects
Manifold N Manifold N`
Admittance of Kähler-Einstein metrics
as Stability indicators of Cohomogeneity
One Compact Fano Manifolds of Type 1

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which arise naturally in many facets of mathematics--and

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moreover, are of great importance in the study of string
theory. We want to determine under what conditions a m Stability Stability
n +1 n -1 2 2
compact Fano manifold of Type I cohomogeneity one Jn,m = 0
(n -1 - v) v (n + m) - v dv Non-Kähler Non-Kähler
admits Kähler-Einstein metrics; for which is done by verify- Topological integral corresponds to manifold N Kähler Kähler
ing the classes of the manifolds being Fano manifolds and
their stability; however, by using the standard methods m
currently available to us, this proves to be quite a cumber- n n-1 2 2
Jn,m = 0
(n - 1 - v) v (n + m) - v dv
some task which yields very limited results. In order to
overcome this obstacle, we have developed new special- Topological integral corresponds to manifold N`
ized methods which are effective at retrieving large-scale
information of classes of these compact Fano manifolds 300 100
and their corresponding Kähler-Einstein properties The asymptotics for each corresponding manifold gives us
information about what happens when the integral is set to

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n → ∞. For large enough n, indeed, for n infinitely large, the
asymptotics tell us that these respective manifolds always
admit a Kähler-Einstein metric. The antiderivative of the m m
Background integral produces a set of hypergeometric functions. From
these functions we obtained Kähler and non-Kähler admittance

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conditions for the classes of the compact Fano manifold.
On defining a Kahler-Einstein manifold: a manifold is called
Einstein when the Ricci tensor, denoted Ric, is a scalar
multiple of the metric tensor g. 120 n 140 6 n 15

Ric = λg
Results Further Work and Impact
Here, λ is an element of the real number line. A compact
Kahler manifold satisfies the condition of being Kahler-Ein-
We have found that the manifolds N and N’ are completely Kähler-Einstein. This For further work, we would like to completely determine
stein if the Ricci curvature is positively proportional to the
is due to special polynomial equations – asymptotics! – that we have constructed the Fano manifold is completely Kähler-Einstein via
Kahler metric. Let the Kahler metric be defined as ω = g + i
in order to calculate the stability of the classes of the Fano manifolds. The nega- method of proof. To prove this, we need to show that
Ω, where Ω is the cosymplectic structure. Then, we denote
tivity of the topological integral, which determines the stability of the manifold, is
[
1 2n - c
[
the positively proportional Kahler metric as J n, 2n - c = x - 1 (n - 1 - xn - x) (xn+ x) n (n+ 2n - C) 2 - (xn+ x) 2 dx
determined by the construction of special asymptotic functionds. 0
is always negative.
Ric (ω) = λω If we reverse engineer the hypergeometric functions in
[(n - 1) F
c - 2n
1 2n - c nx+ x2 n n+ 2 (nx+ x) 2
((n+ 1) x) n (c - 3n) 2 - (nx+ x) 2 1- 2 1 c - 2n, ; ; order to obtain a result zero, we may possibly find a
n c - 3n 2 2 (c - 3n)
On being cohomogeneous: A compact Kahler manifold is counter-example to the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture.
cohomogeneity one if the connected isometric Lie group - nx2F1 c - 2n,
n+ 1 n+ 3 (nx + x) 2
2
; ;
2 (c - 3n) 2
] The Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture states that a Fano
has a real hypersurface orbit. The manifold is Type 1 if the manifold X admits a Kähler-Einstein metric if and only if
{ Asymptotic G = 2n − 10n+ b(n)
Asymptotic K = 2n− C for manifold N
compact Lie group A is of real dimension one. 2 for manifold N` it admits K-polystability
Calabi-Yau surface

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