Equivariant CM minimization for extremal manifolds

Abstract

We prove an equivariant version of the CM minimization conjecture for extremal K\"ahler manifolds. This involves proving that, given an equivariant punctured family of polarized varieties, a relative version of the CM degree is strictly minimized by an extremal filling. This generalizes a result by Hattori for cscK manifolds with discrete automorphism group by allowing automorphisms and extremal metrics. As a main tool, we extend results by Sz\'ekelyhidi on asymptotic filtration Chow stability of cscK manifolds with discrete automorphism group to the extremal setting.