Chern holonomy under the first and second Chern--Ricci flows

We compare the Chern holonomy of the first and second Chern-Ricci flows on compact complex manifolds. For the first flow, we construct an explicit immortal pluriclosed solution on a complex two-torus with full and restricted holonomy $U(2)$, except at one finite time when both groups are $U(1)^2$; its smooth limit has holonomy $SU(2)$. The solution is uniformly nondegenerate and has bounds of every fixed differential order for all time. In contrast, the second Chern-Ricci flow preserves full and restricted Chern holonomy under the natural unitary identification, including the initial time and nonclosed groups. The proof combines preservation of a connection reduction, positive-time analyticity, and a path-transport comparison. As an application, the optimal minimum mean curvature on a holomorphic bundle is unchanged when metrics are restricted to any realizable full and restricted holonomy class. An explicit projected-curvature source explains the failure of the corresponding Ricci-flow holonomy argument.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Published
2026-10-26
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.34665
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Geometry and complex manifolds
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Chern holonomy under the first and second Chern--Ricci flows

Yuan Liao
arXiv (Cornell University)
Geometry and complex manifolds
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Chern holonomy under the first and second Chern--Ricci flows

Yuan Liao
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Abstract

We compare the Chern holonomy of the first and second Chern-Ricci flows on compact complex manifolds. For the first flow, we construct an explicit immortal pluriclosed solution on a complex two-torus with full and restricted holonomy $U(2)$, except at one finite time when both groups are $U(1)^2$; its smooth limit has holonomy $SU(2)$. The solution is uniformly nondegenerate and has bounds of every fixed differential order for all time. In contrast, the second Chern-Ricci flow preserves full and restricted Chern holonomy under the natural unitary identification, including the initial time and nonclosed groups. The proof combines preservation of a connection reduction, positive-time analyticity, and a path-transport comparison. As an application, the optimal minimum mean curvature on a holomorphic bundle is unchanged when metrics are restricted to any realizable full and restricted holonomy class. An explicit projected-curvature source explains the failure of the corresponding Ricci-flow holonomy argument.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Geometry and complex manifolds
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