Holomorphic Cartan geometries, Calabi–Yau manifolds and rational curves

Abstract

We prove that if a Calabi–Yau manifold M admits a holomorphic Cartan geometry, then M is covered by a complex torus. This is done by establishing the Bogomolov inequality for semistable sheaves on compact Kähler manifolds. We also classify all holomorphic Cartan geometries on rationally connected complex projective manifolds.