Space of Ricci flows. II. Part B: Weak compactness of the flows (Q2199667)

Denote by \(\mathcal{L M}: = \{(M^n, g(t), J, L, h(t)), \: t \in (-T, T) \subset {\mathbb R} \}\) a polarized Kähler Ricci flow solution on a Kähler manifold \((M^n, g =g(0), J)\) with a pluri-anti-canonical line bundle \(L = K_{M^n} ^{-\nu}\), i.e., \(g(t)\) is a Kähler Ricci flow and \(h(t)\) is a family of smooth metrics on \(L\) whose curvature is \(\omega(t)\). We write \( \omega (t) = \omega (0) + \sqrt{ -1} \partial \bar \partial \varphi\). Then \(\dot \varphi\) is the Ricci potential, i.e., \(\sqrt{-1} \partial \bar \partial\dot \varphi = - \mathrm{Ric} +\lambda g\). Denote by \(\mathcal {K} (n, A)\) the collection of all polarized Kähler Ricci flows on Kähler manifolds \(M\) of dimension \(n\) satisfying the following estimates for all \( t \in (-T, T)\) \[ T \ge 2,\] \[ C_ S(M) + \frac{1}{\mathrm{Vol}(M)} + | \dot \varphi|_{ C^1 (M) } + | R - n \lambda| _{ C^0 (M) } \le A.\] Here \(C_S(M)\) is the Sobolev constant of \(M\), \(R\) is the scalar curvature of \(M\) and \[\lambda = \frac{c_1 (M) } {c_1 (L)}.\] The main result of the paper under review (Theorems 1.5, 4.40) concerns the convergence of sequences \(\{\mathcal {L M} _i \in \mathcal {K} (n, A)\), \(x_i \in M_i\}\) of polarized Kähler-Ricci flows with base point in the pointed \(\hat C^\infty\)-Cheeger-Gromov topology, i.e., the pointed Gromov-Hausdorff topology plus the pointed \(C^\infty\)-Cheeger-Gromov topology on the regular part of the limiting underlying (possibly singular) analytic normal variety \(\bar M\), whose structure is analyzed in the paper under the review. As a consequence, the authors prove the weak compactness of anti-canonical Kähler-Ricci flow solutions on a Fano manifold, which can be used for an alternative proof of the stability conjecture proved by Chen-Donaldson-Sun. Another important consequence of their results is the confirmation of the partial \(C^0\)-conjecture of Tian. The paper under review is the continuation of the authors study on the Ricci flow in [\textit{X. Chen} and \textit{B. Wang}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 65, No. 10, 1399--1457 (2012; Zbl 1252.53076); J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS) 14, No. 6, 2001--2038 (2012; Zbl 1257.53094); Forum Math. Sigma 5, Paper No. e32, 103 p. (2017; Zbl 1385.53033)].