Type

Text

Type

Dissertation

Advisor

Chen, Xiu-Xiong | Varolin, Dror | Khuri, Marcus | Bedford, Eric.

Date

2014-12-01

Keywords

Theoretical mathematics | Degenerate Comple Monge-Ampère Equation, Kähler metrics, Metrics of Constant Scalar Curvature, Several Complex Variables | Degenerate Comple Monge-Ampère Equation, Kähler metrics, Metrics of Constant Scalar Curvature, Several Complex Variables

Department

Department of Mathematics.

Language

en_US

Source

This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76387

Publisher

The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.

Format

application/pdf

Abstract

Let H be the space of Kähler metrics in a fixed cohomology class. This space may be endowed with a Weil-Petersson-type metric, referred to as the Mabuchi metric, which allows one to study the geometry of H. It is now well-known that the geometry of the space of Kähler potentials, in particular, the geodesics in H, may be used for studying `canonical metrics' on the base manifold. In order to be interpreted as the potential of a Kähler metric, however, one needs to prove certain regularity for such solutions. In the first part, I shall discuss deriving of weighted estimates for the space and time derivatives of solutions in the case of ALE Kähler potentials, and further, prove results regarding the Mabuchi energy and the uniqueness of metrics of constant scalar curvature. In the latter part of the talk I will discuss certain weighted estimates for the solutions to the geodesic equation when the end points have conical singularities. The results may also be seen as X.-X. Chen's fundamental work on the geodesic convexity of H in the case of smooth compact manifolds. | Let H be the space of Kähler metrics in a fixed cohomology class. This space may be endowed with a Weil-Petersson-type metric, referred to as the Mabuchi metric, which allows one to study the geometry of H. It is now well-known that the geometry of the space of Kähler potentials, in particular, the geodesics in H, may be used for studying `canonical metrics' on the base manifold. In order to be interpreted as the potential of a Kähler metric, however, one needs to prove certain regularity for such solutions. In the first part, I shall discuss deriving of weighted estimates for the space and time derivatives of solutions in the case of ALE Kähler potentials, and further, prove results regarding the Mabuchi energy and the uniqueness of metrics of constant scalar curvature. In the latter part of the talk I will discuss certain weighted estimates for the solutions to the geodesic equation when the end points have conical singularities. The results may also be seen as X.-X. Chen's fundamental work on the geodesic convexity of H in the case of smooth compact manifolds. | 58 pages

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