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Special metrics in Kähler geometry

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In this note we walk through some of the developments and contributions made in the last 50 years to the study of the complex Monge–Ampère equation in relation to the Calabi conjecture and its generalization.

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Di Nezza, E. Special metrics in Kähler geometry. Boll Unione Mat Ital 14, 43–49 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40574-020-00234-9

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