The CR Yamabe invariant and constant scalar curvature Sasaki metrics

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Main Authors: Lahdili, Abdellah, Legendre, Eveline, Scarpa, Carlo
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author Lahdili, Abdellah
Legendre, Eveline
Scarpa, Carlo
author_facet Lahdili, Abdellah
Legendre, Eveline
Scarpa, Carlo
contents We propose a new approach to the existence of constant transversal scalar curvature Sasaki structures drawing on ideas and tools from the CR Yamabe problem, establishing a link between the CR Yamabe invariant, the existence of Sasaki structures of constant transversal scalar curvature, and the K-stability of Sasaki manifolds. Assuming that the Sasaki-Reeb cone contains a regular vector field, we show that if the CR Yamabe invariant of a compact Sasaki manifold attains a specific value determined by the geometry of the Reeb cone, then the Sasaki manifold is K-semistable. Under the additional assumption of non-positive average scalar curvature, the CR Yamabe invariant attains this topological value if the manifold admits approximately constant scalar curvature Sasaki structures, and we also show a partial converse. As an application, we provide a new numerical criterion for the K-semistability of polarised compact complex manifolds.
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spellingShingle The CR Yamabe invariant and constant scalar curvature Sasaki metrics
Lahdili, Abdellah
Legendre, Eveline
Scarpa, Carlo
Differential Geometry
Algebraic Geometry
53C25 (primary), 58E11, 53C18, 32Q15, 53D10 (secondary)
We propose a new approach to the existence of constant transversal scalar curvature Sasaki structures drawing on ideas and tools from the CR Yamabe problem, establishing a link between the CR Yamabe invariant, the existence of Sasaki structures of constant transversal scalar curvature, and the K-stability of Sasaki manifolds. Assuming that the Sasaki-Reeb cone contains a regular vector field, we show that if the CR Yamabe invariant of a compact Sasaki manifold attains a specific value determined by the geometry of the Reeb cone, then the Sasaki manifold is K-semistable. Under the additional assumption of non-positive average scalar curvature, the CR Yamabe invariant attains this topological value if the manifold admits approximately constant scalar curvature Sasaki structures, and we also show a partial converse. As an application, we provide a new numerical criterion for the K-semistability of polarised compact complex manifolds.
title The CR Yamabe invariant and constant scalar curvature Sasaki metrics
topic Differential Geometry
Algebraic Geometry
53C25 (primary), 58E11, 53C18, 32Q15, 53D10 (secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00743