A splitting theorem for extremal Kähler metrics (Q2256825)

The main result of this paper is the following splitting theorem for extremal Kähler metrics: \newline Let \(X\) be the product of polarized complex projective manifolds, \((X_i,L_i)\), \(i=1,\dots ,r\), then any extremal Kähler metric on \(X\), in the Kähler class \(2\pi c_1({\otimes}_{i=1}^rL_i)\), is the Riemannian product of extremal Kähler metrics on the factors \(X_i\), in the Kähler classes \(2\pi c_1(L_i)\), under at least one of the following assumptions: 1) \((X,L)\) is asymptotically Chow semi-stable; 2) for at most one \(i\) the group \(\mathrm{Aut}_0(X_i,L_i)\) has a center of positive dimension. The proof makes use of a result of G. Tian about approximation of any Kähler metric, in the class \(2\pi c_1(L)\), with Fubini-Study metrics induced from the projective inclusion of \((X,L)\) and, moreover, generalizations of Donaldson and Mabuchi. This result generalizes a theorem of \textit{S.-T. Yau} [Commun. Anal. Geom. 1, No. 3, 473--486 (1993; Zbl 0842.53035)] regarding the splitting of a Kähler-Einstein metric on the product of compact complex manifolds.