arXiv research

Researchers calculate alpha invariant for certain complex projective spaces.

Sharpness of Tian's K-stability criterion demonstrated through specific examples.

We give a purely algebro-geometric proof that if the alpha-invariant of a Q-Fano variety X is greater than dim X/(dim X+1), then (X,O(-K_X)) is K-stable. The key of our proof is a relation among the Seshadri constants, the alpha-invariant and K-stability. It also gives applications concerning the automorphism group.

We give a criterion for the existence of a Kähler-Einstein metric on a Fano manifold $M$ in terms of the higher algebraic alpha-invariants $α_{m,k}(M)$.

New bounds found for certain types of algebraic varieties.

New proof for K-stability of certain Fano varieties.

We give a criterion for the coercivity of the Mabuchi functional for general Kähler classes on Fano manifolds in terms of Tian's alpha invariant. This generalises a result of Tian in the anti-canonical case implying the existence of a Kähler-Einstein metric. We also prove the alpha invariant is a continuous function on…

Proves a sum limit for Kollár components in singularities.

The global log canonical threshold (or Tian's alpha-invariant) plays an important role in the geometry of Fano varieties. Tian showed that Fano manifolds with big alpha-invariant can be equipped with a Kahler-Einstein metric. In recent years Donaldson drafted a programme to determine when a smooth Fano variety X admits…

We show that any $n$-dimensional Fano manifold $X$ with $α(X)=n/(n+1)$ and $n\geq 2$ is K-stable, where $α(X)$ is the alpha invariant of $X$ introduced by Tian. In particular, any such $X$ admits Kähler-Einstein metrics and the holomorphic automorphism group of $X$ is finite.

We classify smooth del Pezzo surfaces whose alpha-invariant of Tian is bigger than one.

We provide a sufficient condition for polarisations of Fano varieties to be K-stable in terms of Tian's alpha invariant, which uses the log canonical threshold to measure singularities of divisors in the linear system associated to the polarisation. This generalises a result of Odaka-Sano in the anti-canonically polari…

We study del Pezzo surfaces that are quasismooth and well-formed weighted hypersurfaces. In particular, we find all such surfaces whose alpha-invariant of Tian is greater than 2/3.

Let X be a closed m-dimensional spin manifold which admits a metric of positive scalar curvature and let Pos(X) be the space of all such metrics. For any g in Pos(X), Hitchin used the KO-valued alpha-invariant to define a homomorphism A_{n-1} from π_{n-1}(Pos(X) to KO_{m+n}. He then showed that A_0 is not 0 if m = 8k o…

We compute the log canonical thresholds of non-negatively curved singular hermitian metrics on ample linearized line bundles on bi-equivariant group compactifications of complex reductive groups. To this end, we associate to any such metric a convex function whose asymptotic behavior determines the log canonical thresh…

Paper finds explicit optimal lower bound for J-functional in Kähler geometry.

For every smooth del Pezzo surface $S$, smooth curve $C\in|-K_{S}|$ and $β\in(0,1]$, we compute the $α$-invariant of Tian $α(S,(1-β)C)$ and prove the existence of Kähler--Einstein metrics on $S$ with edge singularities along $C$ of angle $2πβ$ for $β$ in certain interval. In particular we give lower bounds for the inva…

Paper answers Jin and Rubinstein's question about Fano manifolds.

We apply a recent theorem of Li and the first author to give some criteria for the K-stability of Fano varieties in terms of anticanonical Q-divisors. First, we propose a condition in terms of certain anticanonical Q-divisors of given Fano variety, which we conjecture to be equivalent to the K-stability. We prove that …

Study on birational rigidity and stability of hypersurfaces and complete intersections, proving non-locally closed property.

Proves a conjecture for a specific group using spectral sequences and homology.

Non-trivial elements in homotopy groups lead to metrics of positive curvature.

We introduce a norm on the space of test configurations, which we call the minimum norm. We conjecture that uniform K-stability with respect to this norm is equivalent to the existence of a constant scalar curvature Kähler metric. This notion of uniform K-stability is analogous to coercivity of the Mabuchi functional. …

We study the effects of having multiple Spin structures on the partition function of the spacetime fields in M-theory. This leads to a potential anomaly which appears in the eta-invariants upon variation of the Spin structure. The main source of such spaces are manifolds with nontrivial fundamental group, which are als…