Speaker: Minghao Miao (Nanjing University)

Title: On the Volume of K-Semistable Fano Manifolds

Time: 14:00-15:00  June 2, 2026 (Tuesday)

Place: MCM410

Abstract: In 2015, K. Fujita showed that for any n-dimensional K-semistable Fano manifold, the anti-canonical volume is always less than or equal to that of complex projective space (CP^n). In this talk, I will discuss my recent joint work with Chi Li on characterizing the second-largest volume. We prove that for any n-dimensional K-semistable Fano manifold X that is not isomorphic to CPⁿ, the volume is at most 2n^n, with the equality holds if and only if X is a smooth quadric hypersurface or CP^1 × CP^{n-1}. This result applies, in particular, to all Fano manifolds admitting Kähler–Einstein metrics. Our proof is based on a new connection between K-stability and minimal rational curves.