The deformation theory of local complete intersectionsThis is an expository paper on the subject of the title. It assumes basic scheme theory, commutative and homological algebra.Angelo Vistoli·Mar 6, 1997SaveLearn
The degree of the generators of the canonical ring of surfaces with pg=0It is shown that the canonical ring of a minimal surface of general type with pg=0, K2≥ 2 is generated by its elements of degree lesser or equal to 5, provided |2K| has no fixed components,…Margarida Mendes Lopes·Mar 6, 1997SaveLearn
Examples of smooth non-general type surfaces in P4The aim of the paper is to provide a series of new examples of smooth surfaces in P4, not of general type, in degrees varying from 12 up to 14, and to describe their geometry. By using mainly…Sorin Popescu·Mar 5, 1997SaveLearn
Applications of Braid Group Techniques to algebraic Surfaces, New examplesEvery smooth minimal complex algebraic surface of general type, X, may be mapped into a moduli space, c12(X), c2(X), of minimal surfaces of general type, all of which have the same Chern…Arthur Robb, Mina Teicher·Mar 5, 1997SaveLearn
Geometry of Moduli Spaces of Flat Bundles on Punctured SurfacesWe consider the moduli spaces of flat SL(n, C)-bundles on Riemann surfaces with one puncture when we fix the conjugacy class C of the monodromy transformation around the puncture. We show…Philip A. Foth·Mar 5, 1997SaveLearn
Basepoint freeness for big line bundles in positive characteristic, with applications to Mg and to 3-fold MMPI give a necessary and sufficient condition for a nef and big line bundle in positive characteristic to be semi-ample, and then give two applications: I show that the relative dualizing sheaf of the…Sean Keel·Mar 3, 1997SaveLearn
Complex projective surfaces and infinite groupsThe paper contains a general construction which produces new examples of non simply-connected smooth projective surfaces. We analyze the resulting surfaces and their fundamental groups. Many of these…Fedor Bogomolov, Ludmil Katzarkov·Mar 3, 1997SaveLearn
Schubert polynomials, the Bruhat order, and the geometry of flag manifoldsWe illuminate the relation between the Bruhat order on the symmetric group and structure constants (Littlewood-Richardson coefficients) for the cohomology of the flag manifold in terms of its basis…Nantel Bergeron, Frank Sottile·Feb 28, 1997SaveLearn
Five Definitions of Critical Point at InfinityThis survey paper discusses five equivalent ways of defining a ``critical point at infinity'' for a complex polynomial of two variables.Alan H. Durfee·Feb 27, 1997SaveLearn
On δm constant locus of versal deformations of nondegenerate hypersurface simple K3 singularitiesHypersurface simple K3 singularities defined by nondegenerate quasi-homogeneous polynomials are classified into ninety five classes in term of the weight of the polynomial by T. Yonemura. We consider…Masako Furuya·Feb 27, 1997SaveLearn
Braid Group, Algebraic Surfaces and Fundamental Groups of complements of Branch CurvesThis paper will appear in the Santa Cruz proceedings. An overview of the braid group techniques in the theory of algebraic surfaces, from Zariski to the latest results, is presented. An outline of…Mina Teicher·Feb 26, 1997SaveLearn
McKay correspondenceThis is a rough write-up of my lecture at Kinosaki and two lectures at RIMS workshops in Dec 1996, on work in progress that has not yet reached any really worthwhile conclusion, but contains lots of…Miles Reid·Feb 25, 1997SaveLearn
Degenerations of Planar Linear SystemsFixing n general points pi in the plane, what is the dimension of the space of plane curves of degree d having multiplicity mi at pi for each i? In this article we propose an approach…C. Ciliberto, R. Miranda·Feb 21, 1997SaveLearn
Semisimple Frobenius (super)manifolds and quantum cohomology of PrWe introduce and study a superversion of Dubrovin's notion of semisimple Frobenius manifolds. We establish a correspondence between semisimple Frobenius (super)manifolds and special solutions to…Yu. I. Manin, S. A. Merkulov·Feb 21, 1997SaveLearn
Numerical Criteria for vey Ampleness of Divisors on Projective Bundles over an elliptic curveIn Butler, J.Differential Geom. 39 (1):1--34,1994, the author gives a sufficient condition for a line bundle associated with a divisor D to be normally generated on X=P(E) where E is a vector…Alberto Alzati, Marina Bertolini, Gian Mario Besana·Feb 20, 1997SaveLearn
Universal Schubert polynomialsWe introduce polynomials that represent general degeneracy loci for maps of vector bundles. These polynomials specialize to the known classical and quantum forms of single and double Schubert…William Fulton·Feb 15, 1997SaveLearn
On extremal contractions from threefolds to surfaces: the case of one non-Gorenstein point and non-singular base surfaceIn this paper we study a local structure of extrmal contractions f X S from threffolds X with only terminal singularities onto a surface S. If the surface S is non-singular and X…Yuri G. Prokhorov·Feb 15, 1997SaveLearn
Global Intersection Cohomology of Quasimaps' SpacesLet C be a smooth projective curve of genus 0. Let be the variety of complete flags in an n-dimensional vector space V. Given an (n-1)-tuple α∈[I] of positive integers one can…Michael Finkelberg, Alexander Kuznetsov·Feb 14, 1997SaveLearn
The Chow Ring of the Moduli Space of Abelian ThreefoldsIn this paper we determine the structure of the Chow ring of the Delaunay-Voronoi compactification A3 of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian threefolds. This…Gerard van der Geer·Feb 7, 1997SaveLearn
The Gromov Invariants of Ruan-Tian and TaubesTaubes has recently defined Gromov invariants for symplectic four-manifolds and related them to the Seiberg-Witten invariants. Independently, Ruan and Tian defined symplectic invariants based on…Eleny-Nicoleta Ionel, Thomas H. Parker·Feb 6, 1997SaveLearn
Commutator coverings of Siegel threefoldsWe investigate the existence and non-existence of modular forms of low weight with a character with respect to the paramodular group Γt and discuss the resulting geometric consequences. Using an…V. Gritsenko, K. Hulek·Feb 6, 1997SaveLearn
On exponential sumsLet f be a polinomial with coefficients in a finite field F. Let Ψ: F C be a non-trivial additive character. In this paper we give bounds for the exponential sums $Σx∈ Fn…Ricardo Garcia Lopez·Feb 6, 1997SaveLearn
Moishezon ManifoldsLet X be a compact Moishezon manifold which becomes projective after blowing up a smooth subvariety Y ⊂ X. We assume also that there exists a proper map ρ:X X' onto a projective…Marco Andreatta·Feb 4, 1997SaveLearn
Semistable reduction of abelian varieties over extensions of small degreeWe obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for abelian varieties to acquire semistable reduction over fields of low degree. Our criteria are expressed in terms of torsion points of small order…A. Silverberg, Yu. G. Zarhin·Feb 3, 1997SaveLearn
Principal bundles on elliptic fibrationsA central role in recent investigations of the duality of F-theory and heterotic strings is played by the moduli of principal bundles, with various structure groups G, over an elliptically fibered…Ron Y. Donagi·Feb 3, 1997SaveLearn