We prove that on a Fano
manifold M admitting a Kähler–Ricci soliton (ω,X), if the initial Kähler metric
ωφ0 is close to ω in a certain weak sense, then the weak Kähler–Ricci flow exists
globally and converges in the sense of Cheeger and Gromov. In particular, φ0 is not
assumed to be KX-invariant. The methods used are based on the metric
geometry of the space of the Kähler metrics and are potentially applicable to
other stability problems of geometric flows near the corresponding critical
metrics.
Keywords
Kähler–Ricci flow, space of Kähler metrics, stability