Ricci flow on Kähler-Einstein manifolds (Q2493468)

There is a long-standing problem in Ricci flow: on a compact Kähler-Einstein manifold, does the Kähler-Ricci flow converge to a Kähler-Einstein metric if the initial metric has positive bisectional curvature? In this article authors give a complete affirmative answer to this problem. Theorem 1.1: Let \(M\) be a Kähler-Einstein manifold with positive scalar curvature. If the initial metric has nonnegative bisectional curvature and positive bisectional curvature at least at one point, then the Kähler-Ricci flow converges exponentially fast to a Kähler-Einstein metric with constant bisectional curvature. This problem was completely solved by R. S. Hamilton in the case of Riemann surfaces. As a direct consequence, the authors have the following Corollary 1.3: The space of Kähler metrics with nonnegative bisectional curvature (and positive at least at one point) is path connected. The space of metrics with a nonnegative curvature operator (and positive at least at one point) is also path connected. Theorem 1.4. Let \(M\) be any Kähler-Einstein orbifold with positive scalar curvature. If the initial metric has nonnegative bisectional curvature and positive bisectional curvature at least at one point, then the Kähler-Ricci flow converges exponentially fast to a Kähler-Einstein metric with constant bisectional curvature. Moreover, \(M\) is a global quotient of \(\mathbb CP^{n}.\)