Weyl curvature, del Pezzo surfaces, and almost-Kähler geometry (Q490776): Difference between revisions

In [Ann. Math. (2) 148, No. 1, 315--337 (1998; Zbl 0949.53025)] \textit{M. J. Gursky} proved that if a smooth compact \(4\)-manifold \(M\) admits a Kähler-Einstein metric \(g\) of positive scalar curvature, then its conformal class \([g]\) is an absolute minimizer of the Weyl functional among all conformal classes with Yamabe constant. In the present paper the author proves that, with the same hypotheses, \([g]\) also minimizes the Weyl functional on a different open set of conformal classes, most of which have negative Yamabe constant. An analogous minimization result is proved for Einstein metrics \(g\) which are Hermitian, but not Kähler.