Yau-Tian-Donaldson correspondence for K-semistable Fano manifolds (Q1683967)

Let \(X\) be a complex projective manifold that is Fano, i.e., the anticanonical bundle \(-K_X\) is ample. The problem of describing the situations when \(X\) admits a special metric has received a lot of attention in the last years, culminating in the proof of the equivalence of \(K\)-stability and existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics by \textit{X. Chen} et al. [J. Am. Math. Soc. 28, No. 1, 183--197 (2015; Zbl 1312.53096)] and \textit{G. Tian} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 68, No. 7, 1085--1156 (2015; Zbl 1318.14038)]. In this paper the author uses these results to characterize, more generally, the case where the pair \((X, -K_X)\) is \(K\)-semistable in terms of Ding energy, Mabuchi energy and the Calabi functional. The main step of this characterization is to consider a pluri-anticanonical divisor \(D\) and a special degeneration \((\mathcal X, \alpha \mathcal D)\) of the klt pair \((X, \alpha D)\) such that there is a weak conical Kähler-Einstein metric on \((\mathcal X_0, \alpha \mathcal D_0)\). In this case the author proves that the Ding energy is bounded from below.