Non-reductive automorphism groups, the Loewy filtration and K-stability (Q507089)

Let \((X,L)\) be a polarised variety and let \(R(X,L)=\bigoplus_{k\geq 0} H^0(X,L^k)\) be the coordinate ring of \((X,L)\). An algebro-geometric concept of K-polystability is defined associating to each filtration of \(R(X,L)\) a weight: the Donaldson-Futaki invariant. A canonical filtration of \(R(X,L)\) is constructed in the case \(X\) has non-reductive automorphism group: Loewy filtration. It is proved that the Loewy filtration is admissible, is \(\mathrm{Aut}(X,L)\)-equivariant and is trivial if and only if \(\mathrm{Aut}(X,L)\) is reductive. In particular K-polystability can be studied by this fibration. It is conjectured that in the case \(\mathrm{Aut}(X,L)\) is non-reductive the Loewy filtration destabilises \((X,L)\). The conjecture is proved in several interesting cases, in particular this provides examples of polarised varieties without constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics. The conjecture in this paper is related to the proof of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture. Also this paper gives a new method of destabilising varieties.