A numerical criterion for generalised Monge-Ampere equations on projective manifolds

We prove that generalised Monge-Ampere equations (a family of equations which includes the inverse Hessian equations like the J-equation, as well as the Monge-Ampere equation) on projective manifolds have smooth solutions if certain intersection numbers are positive. As corollaries of our work, we improve a result of Chen (albeit in the projective case) on the existence of solutions to the J-equation, and prove a conjecture of Szekelyhidi in the projective case on the solvability of inverse Hessian equations. We also prove an equivariant version of our results, albeit under the assumption of uniform positivity. In particular, we can recover existing results on manifolds with large symmetry such as projective toric manifolds.