Geometric Holder estimates for complex Monge-Ampere equations

Abstract

This paper is the continuation of our earlier work on Holder estimates for Kahler potentials on compact normal Kahler spaces. We establish a geometric counterpart for analytic Holder regularity of Kolodziej. If a singular metric $ω_ϕ$ has Holder continuous potentials with respect to a smooth background metric, then its distance function is Holder continuous with respect to a smooth background distance. The result holds on normal Kahler spaces and yields compactness of the metric completion as well as its identification with the underlying complex space if $ω_ϕ$ is a Kahler current. Under this positivity assumption, our estimates establish the Holder equivalence between the intrinsic canonical Kahler metrics and the extrinsic smooth metrics on Kahler-RCD spaces, particularly on smoothable Kahler-Einstein spaces.