A note on Griffiths' conjecture about the positivity of Chern-Weil forms (Q2668993)

Let \((E, h)\) be a Griffiths semipositive Hermitian holomorphic vector bundle of rank 3 over a complex manifold. In this paper, the author proves the positivity of the characteristic differential form \[ c_1(E, h)\wedge c_2(E, h) -c_3(E, h). \] Here, for \(k=1,2,3\), \(c_k(E,h)\) denotes the Chern form of bidegree \((k,k)\), which represents the Chern class \(c_k(E)\) of the vector bundle \(E\). This provides a new evidence towards Griffiths' conjecture about the positivity of the Schur polynomials in the Chern forms of Griffiths semipositive vector bundles. As a consequence, the author establishes the following new chain of inequalities between Chern forms \[ c_1(E, h)^3 \ge c_1(E, h) \wedge c_2(E, h) \ge c_3(E, h). \] The author also shows how to obtain the positivity of the second Chern form \(c_2(E, h)\) in any rank, if \((E, h)\) is Griffiths positive. This is obtained by adapting the Griffiths' result on the positivity of \(c_2(E, h)\) in rank 2. The final part of the paper gives an overview on the state of the art of Griffiths' conjecture, collecting several remarks and open questions.