Generalized Bogomolov Inequalities

Abstract

We introduce the notion of a Hodge-Riemann pair of cohomology classes that generalizes the classical Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations, and the notion of a Bogomolov pair of cohomology classes that generalizes the Bogomolov inequality for semistable sheaves. We conjecture that every Hodge-Riemann pair is a Bogomolov pair, and prove various cases of this conjecture. As an application we get new results concerning boundedness of semistable sheaves.