Generalized Matsushima's theorem and Kähler-Einstein cone metrics (Q1751569)

The authors prove a generalized Matsushima theorem, i.e., the automorphism group is reductive on a Fano manifold admitting Kähler-Einstein metrics with cone singularities along a smooth divisor. Note that the divisor in the paper is not necessarily proportional to the anti-canonical class. They give an alternative proof of uniqueness of Kähler-Einstein cone metrics by combining the reductivity of the automorphism group with the continuity method, the approximation trick and the bifurcation technique. Moreover, the method in the paper provides an existence theorem of Kähler-Einstein cone metrics with respect to conic Ding functional.