Abstract
In previous work, we have introduced δ-forms on the Berkovich analytification of an algebraic variety in order to study smooth or formal metrics via their associated Chern δ-forms. In this paper, we investigate positivity properties of δ-forms and δ-currents. This leads to various plurisubharmonicity notions for continuous metrics on line bundles. In the case of a formal metric, we show that many of these positivity notions are equivalent to Zhang’s semipositivity. For piecewise smooth metrics, we prove that plurisubharmonicity can be tested on tropical charts in terms of convex geometry. We apply this to smooth metrics, to canonical metrics on abelian varieties and to toric metrics on toric varieties.
Funding statement: The authors thank the collaborative research center SFB 1085 funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for its support.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Antoine Chambert–Loir, Antoine Ducros, Philipp Jell, and Tony Yue Yu for helpful conversations and the referee for numerous helpful comments.
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