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Pith's one-line read A compact Kähler manifold with nef anti-canonical bundle admits a locally constant fibration with rationally connected fibers over a Calabi–Yau base, and the paper proves this for klt pairs.

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arxiv 2506.23218 v1 pith:ZH37EWS3 submitted 2025-06-29 math.AG math.CVmath.DG

Shin-ichi Matsumura , Juanyong Wang , Xiaojun Wu , Qimin Zhang This is my paper · ORCID
classification math.AGmath.CVmath.DG MSC 32Q3014C3014E30
keywords nefanti-canonicalbundlecompactKählermanifoldkltpairlocallyconstantfibrationrationallyconnectedpseudo-effectivesheafnumericallyflatSegrecurrents
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Every compact Kähler manifold whose anti-canonical bundle is nef (numerically effective) admits a locally trivial fibration over a Calabi–Yau manifold, with rationally connected fibers, and the paper proves this for klt pairs (X, Δ), not just smooth projective varieties. This resolves the Kähler case of a conjecture that, outside a few low-dimensional partial results, was previously known only in the projective setting. A new flatness criterion is the engine: any pseudo-effective torsion-free sheaf with vanishing first Chern class on a compact Kähler manifold has a locally free, numerically flat reflexive hull. If true, the result reduces the classification of nef-anticanonical Kähler manifolds to two well-understood building blocks — rationally connected varieties and Calabi–Yau manifolds.

What carries the argument

The engine is Theorem 2.1, a flatness criterion: if E is a pseudo-effective torsion-free sheaf on a compact Kähler manifold with c1(E) = 0, its reflexive hull E** is locally free and numerically flat. The proof generalizes the Segre current construction to sheaves: via singular Hermitian metrics and standard regularization theorems, it shows the second Chern class of E is represented by a semi-negative (2,2)-current when c1(E) = 0; together with sheaf stability and the classical Hermitian–Einstein local freeness criterion, this forces E** to be locally free and numerically flat. On the way, the paper builds a relatively big line bundle G on a resolution of the MRC fibration, using the projectivity criterion of [CH24], so that the direct image sheaf E_m = π_* φ_* V_m has vanishing first Chern class and is weakly positively curved.

What would settle it

A concrete counterexample would decide the matter: a compact Kähler manifold X carrying a klt pair (X, Δ) with -(K_X + Δ) nef whose MRC fibration base Y has c1(Y) ≠ 0, or whose general fiber is not rationally connected, would refute Theorem 1.2. Alternatively, a pseudo-effective torsion-free sheaf E on a compact Kähler manifold with c1(E) = 0 but whose reflexive hull E** is not locally free, or not numerically flat, would refute the flatness criterion Theorem 2.1 that powers the proof. Since the projective case is already settled, the search space is the genuinely non-projective Kähler territory: nowhere-ampleness, non-projective MRC fibrations, or sheaves whose Segre currents misbehave.

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Core claim

The paper establishes a structure theorem: for a klt pair (X, Δ) with X a compact Kähler manifold and -(K_X + Δ) nef, there exists a locally constant fibration f: X → Y such that the general fiber F is a rationally connected manifold and Y is a compact Kähler manifold with c1(Y) = 0. The proof proceeds by constructing, along a resolution of the MRC fibration, a direct image sheaf that is pseudo-effective with vanishing first Chern class, then applying the new flatness criterion to conclude it is locally free and numerically flat. The flatness of this sheaf yields a flat connection that descends to a splitting of the tangent bundle of X into the fibration direction and a numerically trivial part; Ehresmann's theorem then upgrades the fibration to a locally constant one. The same circle of ideas yields the Beauville–Bogomolov–Yau decomposition for klt Kähler pairs, the Hacon–McKernan inequalities in the Kähler setting, and the characterization of equality c2 = 0 in terms of tori and P1-bundles over tori.

Load-bearing premise

The proof depends on the projectivity criterion that a fibration between compact Kähler manifolds whose general fibers are rationally connected must be a projective morphism and carry a relatively ample line bundle; if that criterion fails, the construction of the relatively big line bundle and the whole chain of direct image sheaves collapses.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Conjecture 1.1 is resolved in full for klt pairs on compact Kähler manifolds: the nef anticanonical class forces a locally constant fibration with rationally connected fibers over a Calabi–Yau base.
  • The Beauville–Bogomolov–Yau decomposition extends to klt Kähler pairs with numerically trivial anti-log canonical class: a finite étale cover splits as a rationally connected factor times a torus times strict Calabi–Yau and holomorphic symplectic factors.
  • The Hacon–McKernan inequalities hold in the Kähler setting: the Kodaira dimension and numerical dimension of -(K_X + Δ) are bounded above by those of the restriction to a general MRC fiber.
  • The tangent bundle of a compact Kähler manifold with nef -K_X is generically nef, and the second Chern class inequality c2(T_X) · ω_1 ··· ω_{n-2} ≥ 0 holds for all Kähler classes.
  • Equality in the c2 inequality characterizes tori and P1-bundles over tori up to finite étale cover.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the flatness criterion is robust, it should extend to compact Kähler spaces with klt singularities, since the paper's obstacles are analytic rather than cohomological; the authors themselves flag this as forthcoming, and a natural test is to run the same Segre current argument on normal compact Kähler spaces with quotient singularities.
  • The structure theorem suggests viewing nef-anticanonical Kähler manifolds as 'almost Fano' in a fibration sense: the rationally connected fibers carry the Fano-like positivity and the Ricci-flat base carries the calabi-Yau part; this picture could be probed on examples such as projectivized vector bundles over tori with nef anti-canonical class, which should appear exactly in the c2-equality case.
  • The flatness criterion, phrased purely in terms of pseudo-effectivity and c1 = 0, may provide a new tool for abundance-type questions on compact Kähler manifolds: any pseudo-effective direct image sheaf with numerically trivial determinant is a flat bundle, which is exactly the input needed for the ramified covering trick in the abundance literature.
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Summary. The paper proves Theorem 1.2: for a klt pair (X, Δ) with X a compact Kähler manifold and −(K_X + Δ) nef, there exists a locally constant fibration f: X → Y whose general fiber is rationally connected and whose base has c1(Y) = 0. The strategy follows Cao–Höring and the projective work of the authors: one runs an MRC fibration, constructs a relatively big line bundle G, proves a flatness criterion for pseudo-effective sheaves, shows that certain direct image sheaves are numerically flat, and then deduces a splitting of the tangent bundle and applies Ehresmann's theorem. The paper also proves applications to the Beauville–Bogomolov decomposition, Hacon–McKernan-type inequalities, and generic nefness of tangent bundles.

Significance. If the proof can be completed, Theorem 1.2 resolves a long-standing conjecture for compact Kähler manifolds with nef anti-canonical bundle, generalizing the projective results of Cao–Höring and the authors' earlier work. The flatness criterion (Theorem 2.1), stating that a pseudo-effective torsion-free sheaf with c1 = 0 has locally free numerically flat reflexive hull, is a substantial independent contribution that goes beyond the projective setting. The paper is carefully organized and contains detailed arguments in Sections 2–4, and the proof does not assume the desired fibration. However, several load-bearing steps are delegated to prior papers and recent preprints, and at least one such step appears incomplete as written; therefore the central claim is not yet fully established.

major comments (4)
  1. [Lemma 3.7] The construction of the intermediate model Γ, and hence of the relatively φ-big line bundle G, is not justified in arbitrary dimension. The text applies the MMP for K_{M'} + (1−ε)Φ over Γ′ citing [DHP24, Theorem 1.4] and, with 'cf.', [Fuj22, Theorem 1.7]. The former is a four-dimensional Kähler MMP statement, and the latter is not stated precisely or shown to cover projective morphisms of arbitrary relative dimension over a non-projective base such as Γ′. Since properties (1)–(3) of G are used in every subsequent step (Theorem 3.8, Propositions 3.13 and 3.16, and Theorem 4.1), Theorem 1.2 as stated for arbitrary dimension is not proven. The authors should either supply a valid MMP statement that applies here or explain how [Fuj22, Theorem 1.7] gives the required relative MMP in this generality.
  2. [Theorem 2.5] Theorem 2.5, which is the key input for the flatness criterion, is not proved in the paper: the proof says that it is 'proved by suitably adapting the arguments of [Wu22]' and gives a sketch of the modifications. The subsequent proof of Proposition 2.6 and Theorem 2.1 depends on the exact Lelong-number estimate (2.3) and on the extension of the current across Z, neither of which is verified in the text. Since the flatness criterion is a central new ingredient of the paper, the full proof or an explicit reduction to a stated result in [Wu22] should be included.
  3. [Corollary 3.15] Corollary 3.15 is used in Propositions 3.16 and 3.17 to conclude weak positivity of U_{c,m} and V_{c,m} and to prove Theorem 3.8, but its proof is omitted with the remark that it is 'completely the same' as [Wan22, Corollary 3.1]. This transfer from the projective to the Kähler setting is not automatic, because the Kähler proof relies on localized positivity of direct images. The proof should be written out, or the precise statement of [Wan22, Corollary 3.1] should be quoted and the reduction explained.
  4. [Proposition 3.1 and Lemma 3.7] The argument depends essentially on the projectivity criterion of Claudon–Höring [CH24, Theorem 1.1 and Corollary 4.2], a recent preprint. In Proposition 3.1 the morphism f is asserted to be projective by [CH24, Theorem 1.1], and Lemma 3.7 uses [CH24, Corollary 4.2] to produce a relatively ample line bundle. The manuscript does not state the exact hypotheses of the criterion or verify them in the present setting. Because this is the first step that replaces the missing ample line bundle on X, Theorem 1.2 is conditional on the validity of [CH24]. The authors should state the precise result they use and confirm that all hypotheses are satisfied, or provide a proof in the Kähler setting.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Theorem 5.3] In the proof of Theorem 5.3, the sentence 'The implication from (1) to (2) is obvious' should read '(2) implies (1)', since the subsequent argument proves (1) ⇒ (2).
  2. [Proof of Theorem 1.4] In the proof of Theorem 1.4, the symbol m is used both for a sufficiently large divisible integer and for dim Y (in the line 'n := dim X and m := dim Y'); this is confusing and should be fixed.
  3. [Theorem 2.5] The statement of Theorem 2.5 contains the typo 'Käher' for 'Kähler'; also, the notation 'π' is used for the projection in Theorem 2.5 while π is used for the desingularization map in Setting 2.2, which may cause ambiguity.
  4. [Section 5.2 and Theorem 5.1] Theorem 5.1 is stated as a theorem but is essentially a variant of [CP25, Theorem 1.2] proved by a short gluing argument. The applications in Theorems 5.2 and 5.3 depend on this result, so the statement should be cross-checked against the precise hypotheses of [CP25], and a reference to the published version should be added once available.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the main Kähler structure theorem is derived from a new flatness criterion plus external projectivity and MMP results, and no target conclusion is used as an input or defined into existence.

full rationale

No step in the derivation reduces to its own input. Theorem 2.1 is proved from the Segre-current estimates of Theorem 2.5 and established sheaf theory; the locally free case is explicitly attributed to [Wu22], while the torsion-free extension is new content. The construction of the relatively φ-big line bundle G in Lemma 3.7 rests on the external projectivity criterion [CH24] and on MMP results [DHP24, Fuj22], not on the theorem being proved. The direct image sheaves E_m are not defined to have vanishing first Chern class; Theorem 3.8 proves c1(E_m)=0 via Proposition 3.17, where the numerical equivalence Λ_{c,m} ≡ mΛ_{c,1} is argued from weak positivity in both directions rather than being imposed by definition. The final invocation of [MW21, Theorem 4.1] applies the previously established projective case to a fibration that is already projective, and is not an assumption of the Kähler statement. Several technical results are cited from the authors' prior work ([Wan21], [Wan22], [Wu22], [MW21]), but these are published theorems whose assumptions do not include the Kähler structure theorem and are used as tools; the central claim therefore does not reduce to a self-citation chain. The proof does contain a completeness risk: the MMP over the graph Γ′ in Lemma 3.7 is cited from [DHP24] and [Fuj22] and may not cover all dimensions for arbitrary Kähler bases, but that is a correctness or gap concern, not circularity.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard Kähler geometry and MMP, on several recent theorems imported from [CH24, Ou25, CP25], and on the authors' own earlier technical framework ([Wu22], [Wan22], [MW21]) which is adapted and extended here. No numerical parameters are fitted to data, and no new physical or geometric entities are postulated.

assumptions (6)
  • domain assumption Kähler fibrations with rationally connected general fibers are projective and admit relatively ample line bundles [CH24, Theorem 1.1 and Corollary 4.2].
    Invoked in Proposition 3.1 and Lemma 3.7 to construct the relatively φ-big line bundle G, a step that replaces the ample line bundles used in the projective case.
  • domain assumption The base Y of an MRC fibration of a compact Kähler manifold is non-uniruled and has pseudo-effective canonical bundle [GHS03, Ou25].
    Used in Proposition 3.11, Step 2, to conclude c1(L)=0 and κ(Y)=0.
  • domain assumption Cao-Păun theorem on θ-positivity of twisted relative canonical bundles [CP25, Thm 1.2].
    Assumed as a black box for Theorem 5.1 and Theorem 5.2.
  • standard math Bando-Siu criterion: a stable reflexive sheaf with vanishing c1 and vanishing c2 is locally free [BS94, Corollary 3].
    Used in the proof of Theorem 2.1 to upgrade vanishing c2 to local freeness.
  • standard math Simpson's correspondence and numerically flat bundle classification [Sim92, Corollary 3.10; DPS94, Theorem 1.18].
    Used in Proposition 3.11(d) and in viewing flat bundles with parallel sections.
  • standard math Strong openness conjecture and L2 extension theorems for multiplier ideal sheaves [PT18, HPS18].
    Used in Proposition 3.1 to control multiplier ideal sheaves on general fibers.

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abstract

In this paper, we prove that a compact K\"ahler manifold $X$ with the nef anti-canonical bundle $-K_{X}$ admits a locally trivial fibration $\phi \colon X \to Y$, where the fiber $F$ is a rationally connected manifold and the base $Y$ is a Calabi--Yau manifold. We introduce a suitable approach that extends the strategy of Cao--H\"oring, originally developed for smooth projective varieties, to more general singular K\"ahler spaces. A key technical ingredient is a flatness criterion for pseudo-effective sheaves with vanishing first Chern class.

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