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Expecting the unexpected: Quantifying the persistence of unexpected hypersurfaces
2021
If $X \subset \mathbb P^n$ is a reduced subscheme, we say that $X$ admits an unexpected hypersurface of degree $t$ for multiplicity $m$ if the imposition of having multiplicity $m$ at a general point $P$ fails to impose the expected number of conditions on the linear system of hypersurfaces of degree $t$ containing $X$. Conditions which either guarantee the occurrence of unexpected hypersurfaces, or which ensure that they cannot occur, are not well understand. We introduce new methods for studying unexpectedness, such as the use of generic initial ideals and partial elimination ideals to clarify when it can and when it cannot occur. We also exhibit algebraic and geometric properties of $X$ …
On the Energy of Distributions, with Application to the Quaternionic Hopf Fibrations
2001
The energy of an oriented q-distribution ? in a compact oriented manifold M is defined to be the energy of the section of the Grassmannian manifold of oriented q-planes in M induced by ?. In the Grassmannian, the Sasaki metric is considered. We show here a condition for a distribution to be a critical point of the energy functional. In the spheres, we see that Hopf fibrations \(\) are critical points. Later, we prove the instability for these fibrations.
An Introduction to Hodge Structures
2015
We begin by introducing the concept of a Hodge structure and give some of its basic properties, including the Hodge and Lefschetz decompositions. We then define the period map, which relates families of Kahler manifolds to the families of Hodge structures defined on their cohomology, and discuss its properties. This will lead us to the more general definition of a variation of Hodge structure and the Gauss-Manin connection. We then review the basics about mixed Hodge structures with a view towards degenerations of Hodge structures; including the canonical extension of a vector bundle with connection, Schmid’s limiting mixed Hodge structure and Steenbrink’s work in the geometric setting. Fin…
Foliations and Line Bundles
2014
In this chapter we start the global study of foliations on complex surfaces. The most basic global invariants which may be associated with such a foliation are its normal and tangent bundles, and here we shall prove several formulae and study several examples concerning the calculation of these bundles. We shall mainly follow the presentation given in [5]; the book [20] may also be of valuable help.
Numerical Kodaira Dimension
2014
In this chapter we study, following [30] , the first properties of the Zariski decomposition of the cotangent bundle of a nonrational foliation. In particular, we shall give a detailed description of the negative part of that Zariski decomposition, and we shall obtain a detailed classification of foliations whose Zariski decomposition is reduced to its negative part (i.e. foliations of numerical Kodaira dimension 0). We shall also discuss the “singular” point of view adopted in [30].
Theta-characteristics on singular curves
2007
On a smooth curve a theta–characteristic is a line bundle L with square that is the canonical line bundle ω. The equivalent conditionHom(L, ω) ∼= L generalizes well to singular curves, as applications show. More precisely, a theta–characteristic is a torsion–free sheaf F of rank 1 with Hom(F , ω) ∼= F . If the curve has non ADE–singularities then there are infinitely many theta–characteristics. Therefore, theta–characteristics are distinguished by their local type. The main purpose of this article is to compute the number of even and odd theta–characteristics (i.e. F with h(C,F) ≡ 0 resp. h(C,F) ≡ 1 modulo 2) in terms of the geometric genus of the curve and certain discrete invariants of a …
The Rationality Criterion
2014
In this chapter we explain a remarkable theorem of Miyaoka [32] which asserts that a foliation whose cotangent bundle is not pseudoeffective is a foliation by rational curves. The original Miyaoka’s proof can be thought as a foliated version of Mori’s technique of construction of rational curves by deformations of morphisms in positive characteristic [33].
A construction of equivariant bundles on the space of symmetric forms
2021
We construct stable vector bundles on the space of symmetric forms of degree d in n+1 variables which are equivariant for the action of SL_{n+1}(C), and admit an equivariant free resolution of length 2. For n=1, we obtain new examples of stable vector bundles of rank d-1 on P^d, which are moreover equivariant for SL_2(C). The presentation matrix of these bundles attains Westwick's upper bound for the dimension of vector spaces of matrices of constant rank and fixed size.
Truncated modules and linear presentations of vector bundles
2018
We give a new method to construct linear spaces of matrices of constant rank, based on truncated graded cohomology modules of certain vector bundles as well as on the existence of graded Artinian modules with pure resolutions. Our method allows one to produce several new examples, and provides an alternative point of view on the existing ones.
Closed star products and cyclic cohomology
1992
We define the notion of a closed star product. A (generalized) star product (deformation of the associative product of functions on a symplectic manifold W) is closed iff integration over W is a trace on the deformed algebra. We show that for these products the cyclic cohomology replaces the Hochschild cohomology in usual star products. We then define the character of a closed star product as the cohomology class (in the cyclic bicomplex) of a well-defined cocycle, and show that, in the case of pseudodifferential operators (standard ordering on the cotangent bundle to a compact Riemannian manifold), the character is defined and given by the Todd class, while in general it fails to satisfy t…