Existence of Hermitian metrics with prescribed Hermitian-Yang-Mills tensors I

Abstract

In this paper, we solve the prescribed Hermitian-Yang-Mills tensor problem. Let $ E $ be a holomorphic vector bundle over a compact K\"ahler manifold $(M,\omega_g) $. Suppose that there exists a smooth Hermitian metric $ h_0 $ on $E$ such that the Hermitian-Yang-Mills tensor $ \Lambda_{\omega_g}\left(\sqrt{-1} R^{h_0}\right) $ is positive-definite. Then for any positive-definite Hermitian tensor $ P\in \Gamma\left(M,E^*\otimes \overline E^*\right) $, there exists a unique smooth Hermitian metric $ h $ on $E$ such that $$\Lambda_{\omega_g} \left(\sqrt{-1} R^h\right)=P.$$ The proof is based on a new comparison theorem for Hermitian-Yang-Mills tensors. Inspired by these results, we have also derived quantitative Chern number inequalities that apply to both holomorphic vector bundles and compact K\"ahler manifolds.