Uniqueness of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics with cone singularities. I: Reductivity (Q1741834)

The paper under review is motivated by the problem of uniqueness of constant scalar curvature Kähler (cscK for short) metrics with conical singularities along a divisor on a compact complex manifold. Previously, uniqueness has been proved for conical Kähler-Einstein metrics. In this paper, the authors introduce a Hölder-type space $\mathcal{C}^{4,\alpha,\beta}$ on a Kähler manifold $X$ with a smooth divisor $D$, which is analog to the spaces $\mathcal{C}^{\alpha,\beta}$, $\mathcal{C}^{2,\alpha,\beta}$ introduced by \textit{S. K. Donaldson} [in: Essays in mathematics and its applications. In honor of Stephen Smale's 80th birthday. Berlin: Springer. 49--79 (2012; Zbl 1326.32039)] on a Kähler manifold $X$ with a smooth divisor $D$ in relation to the study of the regularity of the Laplace operator. Then they prove that a $\mathcal{C}^{4,\alpha,\beta}$ Kähler potential $u$ on a cscK manifold with cone angle $2\pi\beta\leq\pi$ is in $\mathcal{C}^{2,\alpha,\beta}$. Under the same conditions, they also show that an analog of Matsushima-Lichnerowics theorem holds: the Lie algebra of holomorphic vector fields of $X$ tangent to $D$ is reductive.