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A K-energy characterization of extremal Kähler metrics

Author(s): Santiago R. Simanca
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 1531-1535.
MSC (1991): Primary 58E11; Secondary 53C55, 53C25
Posted: August 5, 1999
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Abstract: We show that for any polarized compact Kähler manifold, the extremal Kähler metrics that represent the given cohomology class can be characterized as critical points of a suitably defined K-energy functional.


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Additional Information:

Santiago R. Simanca
Affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3600
Email: santiago@ams.sunysb.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05364-2
PII: S 0002-9939(99)05364-2
Keywords: Extremal K\"ahler metrics, K-energy
Received by editor(s): June 22, 1998
Posted: August 5, 1999
Additional Notes: The author was partially supported by the Gabriella and Paul Rosenbaum Foundation.
Communicated by: Leslie Saper
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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