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Optimal destabilization of K–unstable Fano varieties via stability thresholds

Harold Blum, Yuchen Liu and Chuyu Zhou

Geometry & Topology 26 (2022) 2507–2564

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2022.26.2507

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