A complex Frobenius theorem, multiplier ideal sheaves and Hermitian-Einstein metrics on stable bundles

Abstract

A complex Frobenius theorem is proved for subsheaves of a holomorphic vector bundle satisfying a finite generation condition and a differential inclusion relation. A notion of ‘multiplier ideal sheaf’ for a sequence of Hermitian metrics is defined. The complex Frobenius theorem is applied to the multiplier ideal sheaf of a sequence of metrics along Donaldson’s heat flow to give a construction of the destabilizing subsheaf appearing in the Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau theorem, in the case of algebraic surfaces.