Uniform K-stability and asymptotics of energy functionals in Kähler geometry (Q2327705)

Summary: Consider a polarized complex manifold \((X, L)\) and a ray of positive metrics on \(L\) defined by a positive metric on a test configuration for \((X, L)\). For many common functionals in Kähler geometry, we prove that the slope at infinity along the ray is given by evaluating the non-Archimedean version of the functional (as defined in our earlier paper [Ann. Inst. Fourier 67, No. 2, 743--841 (2017; Zbl 1391.14090)]) at the non-Archimedean metric on \(L\) defined by the test configuration. Using this asymptotic result, we show that coercivity of the Mabuchi functional implies uniform K-stability, as defined in [\textit{R. Dervan}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 2016, No. 15, 4728--4783 (2016; Zbl 1405.32032); the authors, loc. cit.]. As a partial converse, we show that uniform K-stability implies coercivity of the Mabuchi functional when restricted to Bergman metrics.