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The paper solves a conjecture on almost complex 4-manifolds using refined Dolbeault cohomology.

Proves Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for cohomogeneity one manifolds.

Study of instantons and knot representations in 3-manifolds.

G. Tian and S.K. Donaldson formulated a conjecture relating GIT stability of a polarized algebraic variety to the existence of a Kahler metric of constant scalar curvature. In [Don02] Donaldson partially confirmed it in the case of projective toric varieties. In this paper we extend Donaldson's results and computations…

Paper proves Hamilton-Tian conjecture using partial C0-estimate.

The question in the title, first raised by Goldman and Donaldson, was partially answered by Reznikov. We give a complete answer, as follows: if G can be realized as both the fundamental group of a closed 3-manifold and of a compact Kähler manifold, then G must be finite, and thus belongs to the well-known list of finit…

In this note, we study the long time existence of the Calabi flow on $X = \mathbb{C}^n/\mathbb{Z}^n + i\mathbb{Z}^n$. Assuming the uniform bound of the total energy, we establish the non-collapsing property of the Calabi flow by using Donaldson's estimates and Streets' regularity theorem. Next we show that the curvatur…

For biharmonic maps, there is a famous conjecture named Chen's conjecture. In later paper, Wang and Ou gave an affirmative partial answer to submersion version of Chen's conjecture. In this paper, we give an affirmative partial answer to submersion version of generalized Chen's conjecture, that is, triharmonic Riemanni…

We prove that the partial $C^0$-estimate holds for metrics along Aubin's continuity method for finding Kähler-Einstein metrics, confirming a special case of a conjecture due to Tian. We use the method developed in recent work of Chen-Donaldson-Sun on the analogous problem for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics.

In \cite{D3}, Donaldson defines a dynamical system on the space of Fubini-Study metrics on a polarized compact Kähler manifold. Sano proved that if there exists a balanced metric for the polarization, then this dynamical system always converges to the balanced metric (\cite{S}). In \cite{DKLR}, Douglas, et. al., conjec…

New proofs of Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau theorem using geodesic rays.

Effective Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for spherical varieties.

In this paper, we shall give some affirmative answer to an extremal Kaehler version of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson Conjecture. For a polarized algebraic manifold $(X,L)$, we choose a maximal algebraic torus $T$ in the group of holomorphic automorphisms of $X$. Then the polarization class $c_1(L)$ will be shown to admit an e…

Proves Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for toric manifolds and bundles.

The paper solves a uniform Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for toric manifolds.

We establish a new partial $C^{0}$-estimate along a continuity path mixed with conic singularities along a simple normal crossing divisor and a positive twisted $(1,1)$-form on Fano manifolds. As an application, this estimate enables us to show the reductivity of the automorphism group of the limit space, which leads t…

Donaldson conjectured \cite{Dona96} that the space of Kähler metrics is geodesic convex by smooth geodesic and that it is a metric space. Following Donaldson's program, we verify the second part of Donaldson's conjecture completely and verify his first part partially. We also prove that the constant scalar curvature me…

This paper discusses partial answers and a proof for conjectures about Gauduchon connections on Hermitian manifolds.

We study the existence of extremal Kähler metrics on Kähler manifolds. After introducing a notion of relative K-stability for Kähler manifolds, we prove that Kähler manifolds admitting extremal Kähler metrics are relatively K-stable. Along the way, we prove a general $L^p$ lower bound on the Calabi functional involving…

Gradient estimate proved for Donaldson's equation on Kähler manifolds.

Solves Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for smooth projective varieties.

We extend the Faltings modular heights of abelian varieties to general arithmetic varieties and show direct relations with the Kahler-Einstein geometry, the Minimal Model Program, heights of Bost and Zhang, and give some applications. Along the way, we propose arithmetic Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture, an equivalence of…

We generalize Witten's conjectured formula relating Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten invariants to manifolds of non-simple type, via equivariant localization techniques. This approach does not use the theory of non-abelian monopoles, but works directly on the Donaldson-Witten and Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces. We give a for…

Paper proves uniqueness of special Lagrangian pair in Calabi-Yau 3-fold.

Partial answer to affineness of entire Grauert tubes, with Stein manifold criterion.

This paper proves that on any tamed closed almost complex four-manifold $(M,J)$ whose dimension of $J$-anti-invariant cohomology is equal to the self-dual second Betti number minus one, there exists a new symplectic form compatible with the given almost complex structure $J$. In particular, if the self-dual second Bett…

In this article we complete the proof---for a broad class of four-manifolds---of Witten's conjecture that the Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten series coincide, at least through terms of degree less than or equal to c-2, where c is a linear combination of the Euler characteristic and signature of the four-manifold. This art…

Establishes Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for weighted metrics.

Eguchi, Ooguri, and Tachikawa recently conjectured a new moonshine phenomenon. They conjecture that the coefficients of a certain mock modular form H(tau), which arises from the K3 surface elliptic genus, are sums of dimensions of irreducible representations of the Mathieu group M24. We prove that H(tau) surprisingly a…

Study proves Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for generalized Kähler-Ricci solitons.

The paper solves a conjecture about spacelike hypersurfaces in de Sitter space.

We define regularity scales to study the behavior of the Calabi flow. Based on estimates of the regularity scales, we obtain convergence theorems of the Calabi flow on extremal Kahler surfaces, under the assumption of global existence of the Calabi flow solutions. Our results partially confirm Donaldson's conjectural p…

Derives formulas for Monge-Ampère measures and reduces complex conjectures to simpler existence problems.

Constructs special Lagrangian submanifolds in Calabi-Yau 3-folds.

Gronwall conjecture states that a planar 3-web which admits more than one distinct linearization is locally equivalent to an algebraic web. We give a partial answer to the conjecture in the affirmative for the class of planar 3-webs with the web curvature that vanishes to order three at a point. The differential relati…

In [1], Theorem 3, the authors proved, in one dimension, a generalization of the Hopf Lemma, and the question arose if it could be extended to higher dimensions. In this paper we present two conjectures as possible extensions, and give a very partial answer. We write this paper to call attention to the problem.

We study conservative partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We show that they are always accessible and deduce as a result that every conservative $C^{1+}$ partially hyperbolic in a hyperbolic 3-manifold must be ergodic, giving an afirmative answer to a conjecture of Hertz-Hertz-Ures in the co…

Authors discuss complex and non-Archimedean geometry, proving a conjecture.

Solves a generalized Monge-Ampère equation on Kähler surfaces, proving a conjecture.

We survey some recent developments in the direction of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture, which relates the existence of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics to the algebro-geometric notion of K-stability. The emphasis is put on the use of pluripotential theory and the interpretation of K-stability in terms of non-…

Proves results on K-stability using arcs and Mabuchi functional.

We discuss a conjecture of Donaldson on a version of Yau's Theorem for symplectic forms with compatible almost complex structures and survey some recent progress on this problem. We also speculate on some future possible directions, and use a monotonicity formula for harmonic maps to obtain a new local estimate in the …

Proves conjecture about special Lagrangians in G2-manifolds.

We compute the Moore-Witten regularized u-plane integral on CP^2, and we confirm their conjecture that it is the generating function for the SO(3)-Donaldson invariants of CP^2. We prove this conjecture using the theory of mock theta functions and harmonic Maass forms. We also derive further such generating functions fo…

There are two families of Donaldson invariants for the complex projective plane, corresponding to the SU(2)-gauge theory and the SO(3)-gauge theory with non-trivial Stiefel-Whitney class. In 1997 Moore and Witten conjectured that the regularized u-plane integral on the complex projective plane gives the generating func…

Study shows free group complexes are Cohen-Macaulay of dimension n-1.

This paper, the second of a series, deals with the function space of all smooth Kähler metrics in any given closed complex manifold $M$ in a fixed cohomology class. The previous result of the second author \cite{chen991} showed that the space is a path length space and it is geodesically convex in the sense that any tw…

Proves counterexamples to Donaldson's 4-6 question and related conjectures.