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Stable Images and Discriminants
2020
We show that the discriminant/image of a stable perturbation of a germ of finite \(\mathcal {A}\)-codimension is a hypersurface with the homotopy type of a wedge of spheres in middle dimension, provided the target dimension does not exceed the source dimension by more than one. The number of spheres in the wedge is called the discriminant Milnor number/image Milnor number. We prove a lemma showing how to calculate this number, and show that when the target dimension does not exceed the source dimension, the discriminant Milnor number and the \(\mathcal {A}\)-codimension obey the “Milnor–Tjurina relation” familiar in the case of isolated hypersurface singularities. This relation remains conj…
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 …
Classification of Stable Germs by Their Local Algebras
2020
We prove Mather’s theorem that stable germs are classified up to \(\mathscr {A}\)-equivalence by their local algebras. We sketch his calculation of the nice dimensions, together with his classification of stable germs in the nice dimensions, and prove that in the nice dimensions every stable germ is quasi-homogeneous with respect to suitable coordinates.
A special Calabi–Yau degeneration with trivial monodromy
2021
A well-known theorem of Kulikov, Persson and Pinkham states that a degeneration of a family of K3-surfaces with trivial monodromy can be completed to a smooth family. We give a simple example that an analogous statement does not hold for Calabi–Yau threefolds.
Global 1-Forms and Vector Fields
2014
In this chapter we recall some fundamental facts concerning holomorphic 1-forms on compact surfaces: Albanese morphism, Castelnuovo–de Franchis Lemma, Bogomolov Lemma. We also discuss the logarithmic case, which is extremely useful in the study of foliations with an invariant curve. Finally we recall the classification of holomorphic vector fields on compact surfaces. All of this is very classical and can be found, for instance, in [2, Chapter IV] and 24, 35].
Projecting 4-folds from G(1, 5) to G(1, 4)
2002
We study 4-dimensional subvarieties of the Grassmannian G(1,5) with singular locus of dimension at most 1 that can be isomorphically projected to G(1,4).
Orbit spaces of Small Tori
2003
Consider an algebraic torus of small dimension acting on an open subset of ℂn, or more generally on a quasiaffine variety such that a separated orbit space exists. We discuss under which conditions this orbit space is quasiprojective. One of our counterexamples provides a toric variety with enough effective invariant Cartier divisors that is not embeddable into a smooth toric variety.
On cubic elliptic varieties
2013
Let X->P^(n-1) be an elliptic fibration obtained by resolving the indeterminacy of the projection of a cubic hypersurface Y of P^(n+1) from a line L not contained in Y. We prove that the Mordell-Weil group of the elliptic fibration is finite if and only if the Cox ring of X is finitely generated. We also provide a presentation of the Cox ring of X when it is finitely generated.
Flat lightlike hypersurfaces in Lorentz–Minkowski 4-space
2009
Abstract The lightlike hypersurfaces in Lorentz–Minkowski space are of special interest in Relativity Theory. In particular, the singularities of these hypersurfaces provide good models for the study of different horizon types. We introduce the notion of flatness for these hypersurfaces and study their singularities. The classification result asserts that a generic classification of flat lightlike hypersurfaces is quite different from that of generic lightlike hypersurfaces.
A note on the characteristic $p$ nonabelian Hodge theory in the geometric case
2012
We provide a construction of associating a de Rham subbundle to a Higgs subbundle in characteristic $p$ in the geometric case. As applications, we obtain a Higgs semistability result and a $W_2$-unliftable result.