Tian's invariant of the Grassmann manifold (Q2434073)

For a compact Kählerian manifold \(M\), Tian's invariant \(\alpha(M)\) is connected to the existence of Einstein-Kähler metrics [\textit{G. Tian}, Invent. Math. 89, 225--246 (1987; Zbl 0599.53046)]. Tian established that if \(\alpha(M)>m/(m+1)\), \(m=\dim M\), then there exists an Einstein-Kähler metric on \(M\). This condition is not necessary since, e.g., for the complex projective space \(\mathbb P^m(\mathbb C)\), \(\alpha(\mathbb P^m(\mathbb C))=1/(m+1)\). In the article under review, for the complex Grassmannian manifold \(G_{p,q}(\mathbb C)\), \(\alpha\big(G_{p,q}(\mathbb C)\big)=1/(p+q)\) is calculated, which is a generalization of Tian's result. At first, the volume element of the Kähler metric form \(\mathcal G_{p,q}\) is derived. Next, some general results concerning Tian's invariant as well as imbeddings of the product \(\{\mathbb P^1(\mathbb C)\}^p\) in \(G_{p,q}(\mathbb C)\), which allows the author to deduce \(\alpha\big(G_{p,q}(\mathbb C)\big)\) from \(\alpha\big(\mathbb P^1(\mathbb C)\big)\).