Rotationally Symmetric Extremal K\"ahler Metrics on $\mathbb C^n$ and $\mathbb C^2\setminus \{0\}$

TL;DR

This paper classifies rotationally symmetric extremal K"ahler metrics on complex spaces, proves non-existence results for certain positive curvature metrics, and constructs new complete extremal and constant scalar curvature metrics on complex line bundles and related spaces.

Contribution

It provides a classification based on polynomial zeros, proves non-existence of certain metrics with positive bisectional curvature, and constructs new complete extremal K"ahler metrics.

Findings

No $U(n)$ invariant complete extremal K"ahler metrics with positive bisectional curvature on $ C^n$.

A smooth extension lemma for $U(n)$ invariant extremal K"ahler metrics on $ C^n\setminus\{0\}$.

New complete extremal and constant scalar curvature metrics on complex line bundles over $ CP^1$.

Abstract

In this paper, we study rotationally symmetric extremal K\"ahler metrics on $\mathbb C^n$ ($n\geq 2$) and $\mathbb C^2 \backslash\{0\}$. We present a classification of such metrics based on the zeros of the polynomial appearing in Calabi's Extremal Equation. As applications, we prove that there are no $U(n)$ invariant complete extremal K\"ahler metrics on $\mathbb C^n$ with positive bisectional curvature, and we give a smooth extension lemma for $U(n)$ invariant extremal K\"ahler metrics on $\mathbb{C}^n\backslash\{0\}$. We retrieve known examples of smooth or singular extremal K\"ahler metrics on Hirzebruch surfaces, bundles over $\mathbb{CP}^1$, and weighted complex projective spaces. We also show that certain solutions on $\mathbb C^2\backslash\{0\}$ correspond to new complete families of constant-scalar-curvature K\"ahler and strictly extremal K\"ahler metrics on complex line bundles over $\mathbb{CP}^{1}$ and on $\mathbb C^2\backslash\{0\}$.