Bergman-Einstein metrics on two-dimensional Stein spaces

Abstract

We show that the Bergman metric of the ball quotients ${\mathbb{B}}^2/\Gamma$, where $\Gamma$ is a finite and fixed point free group, is Kähler-Einstein if and only if $\Gamma$ is trivial. As a consequence, we characterize the unit ball ${\mathbb{B}}^2$, among 2 dimensional Stein spaces with isolated normal singularities, proving an algebraic version of Cheng's conjecture for 2 dimensional Stein spaces.

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