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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0733.00013.] The results of this article are related to the existence problem of a Kähler-Einstein metric on a compact complex manifold \(M\) with \(c_ 1(M) > 0\) and finite group \(\hbox{Aut} M\) of biholomorphic transformations. For an arbitrary \(m\)-dimensional compact complex manifold \(M\) with a Hermitian metric \(h\) the Lie algebra character \[ {\mathcal F}: \hbox{Lie(Aut }M)\to \mathbb{C},\quad {\mathcal F}(y):=(m+1){i\over 2\pi}\int_ M\hbox{div}(y)c_ 1(h)^ m, \] depends only on the complex structure of \(M\) [see \textit{A. Futaki}, Invent. Math. 73, 437-443 (1983; Zbl 0506.53030) and \textit{A. Futaki} and \textit{S. Morita}, J. Differ. Geom. 21, 135-142 (1985; Zbl 0598.53055)]. By the theorem of Stokes \({\mathcal F}\) vanishes if \(M\) admits a Kähler- Einstein metric. Up to a constant factor \({\mathcal F}\) is induced by a group character \(\hat{\mathcal F}: \hbox{Aut }M\to\mathbb{C}^*\), but \({\mathcal F}=0\) (e.g. if Lie \((\hbox{Aut }M)=\{0\}\)) does not imply that \(\hat{\mathcal F}=0\). The authors use the theory of eta invariants to express and to calculate the character \(\hat{\mathcal F}\) on elements of finite order and give an example of a rational surface \(M\) (blowing up \(\mathbb{P}_ 2\) in 10 suitable points) where \(\hbox{Aut }M\) is discrete and \(\hat{\mathcal F}\neq 0\). It follows from their results that \(\hat{\mathcal F}=0\) for all surfaces \(M\) with \(c_ 1(M) > 0\) and finite automorphism group and also for several Fano manifolds. The question, whether \(\hat{\mathcal F}\neq 0\) implies the nonexistence of a Kähler-Einstein metric on \(M\), remains open.