On K-stability and the volume functions of $\mathbb{Q}$-Fano varieties

TL;DR

This paper introduces divisorial stability, a new criterion for Fano manifolds that bridges K-stability and slope stability, and links it to volume functions and Kähler-Einstein metrics, providing new insights into Fano geometry.

Contribution

It defines divisorial stability, relates it to volume functions, and characterizes Kähler-Einstein Fano manifolds through this new stability concept.

Findings

Divisorial stability can be tested via volume functions.

For toric Fano manifolds, Kähler-Einstein metrics are equivalent to divisorial semistability.

Many non-Kähler-Einstein Fano threefolds are identified.

Abstract

We introduce a new effective stability named "divisorial stability" for Fano manifolds which is weaker than K-stability and is stronger than slope stability along divisors. We show that we can test divisorial stability via the volume function. As a corollary, we prove that the first coordinate of the barycenter of the Okounkov body of the anticanonical divisor is not bigger than one for any K\"ahler-Einstein Fano manifold. In particular, for toric Fano manifolds, the existence of K\"ahler-Einstein metrics is equivalent to divisorial semistability. Moreover, we find many non-K\"ahler-Einstein Fano manifolds of dimension three.