Embeddings of homogeneous spaces in prime characteristicsLet G be a reductive linear algebraic group. The simplest example of a projective homogeneous G-variety in characteristic p, not isomorphic to a flag variety, is the divisor $x0 y0p+x1…Niels Lauritzen·Feb 16, 1995SaveLearn
Fundamental groups of complements of curves as solvable groupsWe discuss the applications of fundamental groups (of complements of curves) computations (and possibly the computations of the second homotopy group as a model over it) to the classification of…Boris Moishezon, Mina Teicher·Feb 16, 1995SaveLearn
Self-intersection of dualizing sheaves of arithmetic surfaces with reducible fibersLet K be an algebraic number field and OK the ring of integers of K. Let f : X --> Spec(OK) be a stable arithmetic surface over OK of genus g >= 2. In this short note, we will prove that if f has…Atsushi Moriwaki·Feb 16, 1995SaveLearn
Abelian automorphism groups of threefolds of general typeThis thesis is devoted to the study of abelian automorphism groups of surfaces and 3-folds of general type over complex number field C. We obtain a linear bound in K3 for abelian…Jin-Xing Cai·Feb 15, 1995SaveLearn
k-very ample line bundles on Del Pezzo SurfacesA k-very ample line bundle L on a Del Pezzo Surface is numerically characterized. We find that the set of the exceptional curves and effective divisors with selfintersection zero, S, plays a…Sandra Di Rocco·Feb 15, 1995SaveLearn
Operads, Grothendieck topologies and Deformation theoryThe idea of the work is to find an invariant way to pass from deformation theory to cohomology, which does not use any explicit cocycles. The appropriate cohomology theory is based on considering…D. Gaitsgory·Feb 14, 1995SaveLearn
Height inequality of algebraic points on curves over functional fieldsThe purpose of this paper is to give a linear and effective height inequality for algebraic points on curves over functional fields. Our height inequality can be viewed as the logarithmic canonical…Sheng-Li Tan·Feb 14, 1995SaveLearn
Braid Group techniques in Complex Geometry V: The fundamental group of the complement of a Veronese generic projectionComputation of the fundamental group of the complement in the complex plane of the branch curve S , of a generic projection of the Veronese surface to the plane is presented. This paper is a…Mina Teicher, Boris Moishezon·Feb 14, 1995SaveLearn
On singularities of MI\!\! P3(c1,c2)Let MI\!\! P3(c1,c2) be the moduli space of stable rank-2 vector bundles on I\!\! P3 with Chern classes c1, c2. We prove the following results. 1) Let 0 β< γ be two…Vincenzo Ancona, Giorgio Ottaviani·Feb 13, 1995SaveLearn
Log Sarkisov ProgramThe purpose of this paper is two-fold. The first is to give a tutorial introduction to the Sarkisov program, a 3-dimensional generalization of Castelnuovo-Nöther Theorem ``untwisting" birational…Andrea Bruno, Kenji Matsuki·Feb 10, 1995SaveLearn
Homology of moduli spaces of curves and commutative homotopy algebrasWe propose an explicit relation between the cohomology of compactified and noncompactified moduli spaces of algebraic curves with punctures. This relationship generalizes one between commutative…Takashi Kimura, Jim Stasheff, Alexander A. Voronov·Feb 8, 1995SaveLearn
Mirror symmetry for lattice polarized K3 surfacesWe establish a relationship between mirror symmetry for K3 surfaces and Arnold's strange duality for K3 surfaces. We compute various examples of mirror families. Among them the mirror moduli…Igor V. Dolgachev·Feb 7, 1995SaveLearn
Duality of Weights, Mirror Symmetry and Arnold's Strange DualityA notion of duality of weight systems which corresponds to Batyrev's toric mirror symmetry is given. Explicit duality on the (1,1)-cohomology of K3 surfaces which are minimal models of toric…Masanori Kobayashi·Feb 6, 1995SaveLearn
A Calabi-Yau threefold with non-Abelian fundamental groupThe title is self-explanatory.Arnaud Beauville·Feb 3, 1995SaveLearn
A Generalization of the Kodaira Vanishing and Embedding TheoremWe give several generalizations of the Kodaira vanishing and embedding theorems for Kähler manifolds to the case where the relevent line bundle has a small region of negative curvature. To prove the…Ying Zhu·Feb 2, 1995SaveLearn
A sextic surface cannot have 66 nodesLet S be a surface in complex projective 3-space, having only nodes as singularities. Suppose that S has degree 6. We show that the maximum number of nodes which S can have is 65. An abbreviated…David B. Jaffe, Daniel Ruberman·Feb 1, 1995SaveLearn
The motive of some moduli spaces of vector bundles over a curveWe study the motive of the moduli spaces of semistable rank two vector bundles over an algebraic curve. When the degree is odd the moduli space is a smooth projective variety, we obtain the absolute…Sebastian del Bano Rollin·Jan 31, 1995SaveLearn
On the homogeneous ideal of a projective nonsingular toric varietyReason for withdrawal: There is a serious mistake in the calculation of the divisor of the rational section used in the proof of Prop. 2.2.1., and with the correct value the argument does not work.Rikard Bögvad·Jan 20, 1995SaveLearn
Some homogeneous coordinate rings that are Koszul algebrasUsing reduction to positive characteristic and the method of Frobenius splitting of diagonals, due to Mehta and Ramanathan, it is shown that homogeneous coordinate rings for either proper and smooth…Rikard Bögvad·Jan 20, 1995SaveLearn
On the tautological ring of gWe prove among other things that any product of tautological classes of g of degree d (in the Chow ring of g with rational coefficients) vanishes for d>g-2 and is proportional to the…Eduard Looijenga·Jan 20, 1995SaveLearn
Plane Curves with Hyperbolic and C-hyperbolic ComplementsThe general problem which initiated this work is: What are the quasiprojective varieties which can be uniformized by means of bounded domains in n ? Such a variety should be, in particular,…Gerd Dethloff, Mikhail Zaidenberg·Jan 17, 1995SaveLearn
On the Hilbert scheme of curves in higher-dimensional projective spaceIn this paper we prove that, for any n 3, there exist infinitely many r∈ and for each of them a smooth, connected curve Cr in ¶r such that Cr lies on exactly n irreducible…Barbara Fantechi, Rita Pardini·Jan 17, 1995SaveLearn
Quantum cohomology of complete intersectionsThe quantum cohomology algebra of a projective manifold X is the cohomology H(X,Q) endowed with a different algebra structure, which takes into account the geometry of rational curves in X. We show…Arnaud Beauville·Jan 17, 1995SaveLearn
Boundary behaviour of Hurwitz schemesActions of finite groups on stable curves are studied. They appear naturally at the boundary of a moduli space of smooth curves with group actions. Those actions which can equivariantly smoothed are…Torsten Ekedahl·Jan 16, 1995SaveLearn
An improved bound for the degree of smooth surfaces in P4 not of general type.This is an addendum to the paper of Braun and Fløystad ([BF]) on the bound for the degree of a smooth surface in not of general type. Using their construction and the regularity of curves in…Michele Cook·Jan 16, 1995SaveLearn