Mathematical Aspects of Mirror SymmetryLecture notes from 1993 Park City lectures and 1994 Trento lectures. The focus of these lectures is on giving a mathematical description of the A-model and B-model correlation functions on a…David R. Morrison·Sep 26, 1996SaveLearn
Non-abelian Seiberg-Witten theory and projectively stable pairsWe introduce the concept of SpinG-structure in a SO-bundle, where G⊂ U(V) is a compact Lie group containing -idV. We study and classify SpinG(4)-structures on 4-manifolds, we introduce…Andrei Teleman·Sep 26, 1996SaveLearn
Equivariant intersection theoryThis is a revised and shortened version of our paper "Equivariant intersection theory" (alg-geom/9603008). In particular, the sections on Riemann-Roch and localization are omitted. They will…Dan Edidin, William Graham·Sep 25, 1996SaveLearn
Secants of Abelian Varieties, Theta functions, and Soliton EquationsThis paper is a survey on relations between secant identities and soliton equations and applications of soliton equations to problems of algebraic geometry, i.e., the Riemann-Schottky problem and its…I. A. Taimanov·Sep 25, 1996SaveLearn
The Verlinde formula for PGL(p)Let G be a complex semi-simple group, X a Riemann surface, MG the moduli space of principal G-bundles on X. When G is simply-connected, there exists a closed formula expressing the dimension of the…Arnaud Beauville·Sep 24, 1996SaveLearn
Torsion algebraic cycles and complex cobordismWe show that the cycle map on a variety X, from algebraic cycles modulo algebraic equivalence to integer cohomology, lifts canonically to a topologically defined quotient of the complex cobordism…Burt Totaro·Sep 23, 1996SaveLearn
Moduli of vector-bundles on surfacesThis is a survey paper: we discuss certain recent results, with some improvements. It will appear in the S. Cruz proceedings.Kieran O'Grady·Sep 20, 1996SaveLearn
Algebraic (geometric) n-stacksWe propose a generalization of Artin's definition of algebraic stack, which we call geometric n-stack. The main observation is that there is an inductive structure to the definition…Carlos Simpson·Sep 17, 1996SaveLearn
Equivariant resolution of singularities in characteristic 0A new proof of equivariant resolution of singularities under a finite group action in characteristic 0 is provided. We assume we know how to resolve singularities without group action. We first prove…Dan Abramovich, Jianhua Wang·Sep 16, 1996SaveLearn
A linear lower bound on the gonality of modular curvesThe result in the title is proven, using the Selberg estimate on the leading eigenvalue of the non-Euclidean Laplacian, and the method of conformal volumes of Li and Yau.Dan Abramovich·Sep 16, 1996SaveLearn
Algebraic structures on hyperkaehler manifoldLet M be a compact hyperkaehler manifold. The hyperkaehler structure equips M with a set R of complex structures parametrized by CP1, called "the set of induced complex structures".…Misha Verbitsky·Sep 14, 1996SaveLearn
Counting rational curves with multiple points and Gromov-Witten invariants of blow-upsWe study Gromov-Witten invariants on the blow-up of Pn at a point, which is probably the simplest example of a variety whose moduli spaces of stable maps do not have the expected dimension. It is…A. Gathmann·Sep 14, 1996SaveLearn
Resolution for Sheaf of Differential Operators on Smooth Free Geometric Quotient of Linear Action of Algebraic GroupWe obtain a global resolution for the sheaf of differential operators on smooth geometric quotients of free linear actions of algebraic groups. The terms of our resolution involve symmetric and…Gwoho Liu·Sep 13, 1996SaveLearn
Density and completeness of subvarieties of moduli spaces of curves or abelian varietiesLet V be a subvariety of codimension ≤ g of the moduli space g of principally polarized abelian varieties of dimension g or of the moduli space g of curves of compact type of…E. Izadi·Sep 13, 1996SaveLearn
Enumerative geometry for real varietiesWe discuss the problem of whether a given problem in enumerative geometry can have all of its solutions be real. In particular, we describe an approach to problems of this type, and show how this can…Frank Sottile·Sep 12, 1996SaveLearn
One-parameter families containing three-dimensional toric Gorenstein singularitiesFor affine toric varieties, the vector space T1 (containing the infinitesimal deformations) will be interpreted via Minkowski summands of cross cuts of the defining polyhedral cone. This result will…Klaus Altmann·Sep 11, 1996SaveLearn
Straight--Line Programs in Geometric Elimination TheoryWe present a new method for solving symbolically zero--dimensional polynomial equation systems in the affine and toric case. The main feature of our method is the use of problem adapted data…M. Giusti, J. Heintz, J. E. Morais et al.·Sep 6, 1996SaveLearn
Polar Varieties, Real Equation Solving and Data-Structures: The hypersurface caseIn this paper we apply for the first time a new method for multivariate equation solving which was developed in gh1, gh2, gh3 for complex root determination to the real…B. Bank, M. Giusti, J. Heintz et al.·Sep 6, 1996SaveLearn
Polar Varieties and Efficient Real Equation Solving: The Hypersurface CaseThe objective of this paper is to show how the recently proposed method by Giusti, Heintz, Morais, Morgenstern, Pardo gihemorpar can be applied to a case of real polynomial equation solving.…B. Bank, M. Giusti, J. Heintz et al.·Sep 6, 1996SaveLearn
Algebraically Constructible Functions and Signs of PolynomialsWe show that on real algebraic sets algebraically constructible functions coincide with the finite sums of signs of polynomials. Then we give some applications.Adam Parusinski, Zbigniew Szafraniec·Sep 5, 1996SaveLearn
Equations of (1,d)-polarized Abelian SurfacesWe study the equations of abelian surfaces embedded in Pn-1 with a line bundle of polarization of type (1,n). For n>9, we show that the ideal of a general abelian surface with this polarization is…Mark Gross, Sorin Popescu·Sep 4, 1996SaveLearn
The ring of global sections of multiples of a line bundle on a toric varietyIn this article we prove, in a simple way, that for any complete toric variety, and for any Cartier divisor, the ring of global sections of multiples of the line bundle associated to the divisor is…E. Javier Elizondo·Aug 29, 1996SaveLearn
Estimates of the number of rational mappings from a fixed variety to varieties of general typeFirst we find effective bounds for the number of dominant rational maps f:X → Y between two fixed smooth projective varieties with ample canonical bundles. The bounds are of the type $\A…T. Bandman, G. Dethloff·Aug 29, 1996SaveLearn
Virtual moduli cycles and Gromov-Witten invariants of general symplectic manifoldsWe construct Gromov-Witten invariants of general symplectic manifolds.Jun Li, Gang Tian·Aug 26, 1996SaveLearn
Monodromy of hypergeometric functions arising from arrangements of hyperplanesGiven an arrangement of hyperplanes in ¶n, possibly with non-normal crossings, we give a vanishing lemma for the cohomology of the sheaf of q-forms with logarithmic poles along our arrangement.…Herbert Kanarek·Aug 26, 1996SaveLearn