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Consider a compact Kähler manifold \\((M,\\omega,J)\\). Denote by \\(\\mathcal{G}\\) the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of \\((M,\\omega)\\), which acts on \\(\\mathcal{J}\\), the space of almost-complex structures on \\(M\\) that are \\(\\omega\\)-compatible. Following work of \\textit{S. Donaldson} [``Remarks on gauge theory, complex geometry and 4-manifold topology'', World Sci. Ser. 20th Century Math. 5, 384--403 (1997)] and \\textit{A. Fujiki} [Sugaku Expo. 5, No. 2, 173--191 (1992); translation from Sugaku 42, No. 3, 231--243 (1990; Zbl 0796.32009)], the scalar curvature appears as a moment map for the \\(\\mathcal{G}\\)-action on \\(\\mathcal{J}\\) endowed with a natural Kähler structure. It is possible to make sense of complexified \\(\\mathcal{G}\\)-orbits by complexifying the infinitesimal action of \\(\\mathcal{G}\\). If \\(\\mathcal{J}\\) and \\(\\mathcal{G}\\) were finite-dimensional and compact, by the Kempf-Ness theorem, a \\(\\mathcal{G}^\\mathbb{C}\\)-orbit would admit a metric of constant scalar curvature if and only if it were poly-stable. This is the content of the Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture.   Moreover, such cscK metrics should form a unique \\(\\mathcal{G}\\)-orbit. This uniqueness result was proved in [\\textit{S. K. Donaldson}, J. Differ. Geom. 59, No. 3, 479--522 (2001; Zbl 1052.32017) ] under some restrictions, and in [\\textit{X. Chen} and \\textit{G. Tian}, Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 107, 1--107 (2008; Zbl 1182.32009)] and [\\textit{B. Berndtsson} and \\textit{R. Berman}, ``Convexity of the K-energy on the space of Kähler metrics and uniqueness of extremal metrics, Preprint, \\url{arXiv:1405.0401}] in full generality. Last, a \\(\\mathcal{G}^\\mathbb{C}\\)-orbit should be semi-stable if and only if its closure contains a constant scalar curvature Kähler metric. Again, such a poly-stable orbit should be unique, and this is the main result of this article.   More precisely, if there are two cscK structures \\(J_1\\) and \\(J_2\\) in the closure of the \\(\\mathcal{G}^\\mathbb{C}\\)-orbit of \\(J\\), then there exists a symplectic diffeomorphism \\(\\phi\\) such that \\(\\phi^*J_1=J_2\\).   In more algebraic terms, this result implies uniqueness for smooth cscK central fibers for test configurations of a given polarized compact complex manifold. The proof relies on several new ideas and the main technical tool is the Calabi flow. Initially defined on the space of Kähler potentials in a given Kähler class, the authors consider this flow on the whole space \\(\\mathcal{J}\\). A Łojasiewicz type inequality is proved for the scalar curvature fonctional on \\(\\mathcal{J}\\) which is used to obtain a stability result for the Calabi flow, and to detect adjacent cscK structures. The lack of compactness is then bypassed by mean of geodesic rays. Performing a local study of the \\(\\mathcal{G}\\)-action and of the moment map setting, the authors show that in their situation, the Calabi flow is asymptotic to a smooth geodesic ray. Then, results of \\textit{X. Chen} [J. Differ. Geom. 56, No. 2, 189--234 (2000; Zbl 1041.58003)] and \\textit{X. X. Chen} and \\textit{W. Y. He} [Am. J. Math. 130, No. 2, 539--570 (2008; Zbl 1204.53050)] on the space of Kähler potentials and its geodesics enable to conclude \\(\\mathcal{C}^0\\)-estimates and the proof of the main result.","citation":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3362442"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5434293"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1365858"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3597174"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3444614"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q764058"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1028518"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1424077"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1044353"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3782393"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q699679"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1609799"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4781600"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1103205"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4017439"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4946338"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1777967"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1006875"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4508655"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2905632"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q394250"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3998602"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q819482"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1257528"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3741696"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3346437"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3339809"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1425549"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q453309"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3502517"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1005068"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3432744"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2254709"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q800570"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3993816"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2778626"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q750681"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3584603"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5265958"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5520509"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1109185"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q987987"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q715143"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2844848"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q533393"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3965285"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q2545076"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1189463"}]},"provenance":{"prov:generatedAtTime":"2026-03-26T20:24:30Z","prov:wasAttributedTo":"MaRDI Knowledge Graph"}}