On the existence of Kähler metrics of constant scalar curvature (Q843032)

The question of whether a manifold admits a Riemannian metric of constant scalar curvature or not is a classical problem. For any real closed manifold \(M\) of dimension greater than two, Kazdan and Warner proved that \(M\) admits at least a Riemannian metric of negative constant scalar curvature. On the other hand, there exists an obstruction to the existence of Kähler metrics of constant scalar curvature. For certain compact complex Fano manifolds \(M\) with reductive Lie algebras of holomorphic vector fields, the author determines the analytic subvariety of the second cohomology group of \(M\) consisting of Kähler classes whose Bando-Calabi-Futaki character vanishes. Then a Kähler class contains a Kähler metric of constant scalar curvature if and only if the Kähler class is contained in the analytic subvariety. By an examination of the analytic subvariety, it is shown that \(M\) admits infinitely many nonhomothetic Kaehler classes containing Kahler metrics of constant scalar curvature but does not admit any Kähler-Einstein metric.