Paper · Apr 6, 2026
Gromov-Hausdorff limits of the Chern-Ricci flow on smooth Hermitian minimal models of general type
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Abstract
We establish uniform diameter estimates and volume non-collapsing estimates for the Chern-Ricci flow on smooth Hermitian minimal models of general type, assuming the initial metric is Kähler in a neighborhood of the null locus of the canonical bundle. This yields subsequential Gromov-Hausdorff convergence, partially resolving a conjecture of Tosatti and Weinkove. When the underlying manifold is Kähler, we further prove the uniqueness of the limit space. Analytically, we overcome the difficulties posed by non-Kähler torsion in the Green's formula by exploiting our local Kähler assumption, successfully adapting recent estimates of Kähler Green's function to the Hermitian setting. To prove the uniqueness of the limit, we introduce Perelman's reduced length to the Chern-Ricci flow. By establishing a uniform Chern scalar curvature bound and an almost monotonicity formula for the reduced volume, we deduce an almost-avoidance principle for the singular set, allowing us to effectively compare the flow distance with the canonical limit distance.
Comments: v2: 63 pages, a new example added in Section 1
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- 12A.8Local Noncollapsing from the Reduced Volume
Perelman's §§7.3 and 8: noncollapsing that needs only local curvature control, the small-and-large-vector split, the maximum principle for the reduced distance, and the form that survives surgery.
- 12A.5Reduced Distance and Reduced Volume
A space-time Bishop–Gromov theorem.
- 12A.6𝓛-Geodesics and the Variational Formulas
Perelman's §7.1 derived line by line: the first and second variation of 𝓛-length, 𝓛-Jacobi fields, adapted fields, Hamilton's Harnack expressions, and the differential inequalities for the reduced distance.