A Donaldson type functional on a holomorphic Finsler vector bundle (Q1674579)

In [Contemp. Math. 196, 145--153 (1996; Zbl 0861.53019)] \textit{S. Kobayashi} raised the following open problem: Problem: What are the algebraic geometric consequences of the Finsler-Einstein condition? The first question in this regard is whether every Einstein-Finsler vector bundle is semi-stable or not? The authors consider a closed \(n\)-dimensional Kähler manifold \(M\) with a Kähler metric \(\omega \), a rank-\(r\) holomorphic vector bundle \(E\) over \( (M,\omega )\), \(F^{+}(E)\), the space of all strongly pseudo-convex Finsler metrics on \(E\) and introduce a Donaldson-type functional \(L\) on \(F^{+}(E)\) (a natural generalization of the famous Donaldson functional in the Hermitian-Einstein case). The authors solve the above Kobayashi problem by proving the following theorem: Theorem 1.1. Let \(E\) be a holomorphic vector bundle over a closed Kähler manifold \((M,\omega )\). If \(E\) admits a Finsler-Einstein metric, then \(E\) must admit an \(\omega \)-approximate Hermitian-Einstein structure. As a consequence, \(E\) is \(\omega \)-semistable.