Integrating holomorphic sectional curvatures

Abstract

We calculate the $L^2$-norm of the holomorphic sectional curvature of a K\"ahler metric by representation-theoretic means. This yields a new proof that the holomorphic sectional curvature determines the whole curvature tensor. We then investigate what the holomorphic sectional curvature of a Hermitian metric determines and calculate the $L^2$-norm of the holomorphic bisectional curvature.