Calabi conjecture

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The Calabi conjecture is a fundamental result in complex differential geometry, proved by Shing-Tung Yau, which characterizes when a compact Kähler manifold admits a unique Ricci-flat Kähler metric in a given Kähler class.

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instanceOf mathematical conjecture
result in complex differential geometry
concerns Calabi–Yau manifolds
Kähler classes
linked to: Kähler cone

Ricci curvature
Ricci-flat Kähler metrics
compact Kähler manifolds
complex Monge–Ampère equation
first Chern class
dimension holds in all complex dimensions
field Kähler geometry
Riemannian geometry
algebraic geometry
complex differential geometry
formulatedBy Eugenio Calabi
generalizationOf problems of finding metrics with prescribed Ricci curvature
hasConsequence applications in string theory via Calabi–Yau compactifications
classification of Calabi–Yau manifolds as Ricci-flat Kähler manifolds with vanishing first Chern class
construction of metrics with prescribed Ricci form
existence of Kähler–Einstein metrics with zero Ricci curvature
implies existence of Calabi–Yau metrics
existence of Ricci-flat metrics on K3 surfaces
existence of Ricci-flat metrics on complex tori
influenced development of Calabi–Yau geometry
research in string theory compactifications
study of Kähler–Einstein metrics
namedAfter Eugenio Calabi
originallyFormulated 1950s
provedBy Shing-Tung Yau
provedUsing Moser iteration
Schauder estimates
a priori estimates
continuity method
maximum principle
relatedTo Aubin–Yau theorem
Calabi–Yau manifold
Kähler–Einstein metric
Yau's theorem
requiresCondition compactness of the Kähler manifold
fixed Kähler class
prescribed first Chern class
states that on a compact Kähler manifold with vanishing first Chern class there exists a Ricci-flat Kähler metric in any given Kähler class
that the Ricci-flat Kähler metric in a fixed Kähler class is unique
status proved
uses complex Monge–Ampère equation
nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations
yearProved 1976
1977

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Kähler–Ricci flow relatedTo Calabi conjecture
Monge–Ampère equation usedIn Calabi conjecture
Eugenio Calabi knownFor Calabi conjecture
Eugenio Calabi theoryDeveloped Calabi conjecture on Kähler metrics with prescribed Ricci curvature
linked to: Calabi conjecture
Calabi–Yau metric guaranteedBy Yau's proof of the Calabi conjecture
linked to: Calabi conjecture
Calabi–Yau metric relatedTo Calabi conjecture
Kähler geometry hasTheorem Yau's solution of the Calabi conjecture
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