Higher l-adic Abel-Jacobi mappings and filtrations on Chow groupsWe define a filtration on the Chow groups of a smooth projective variety X over a field k by using the cycle map into continuous l-adic etale cohomology. The main theorem says that if k is a function…Wayne M. Raskind·Dec 2, 1994SaveLearn
Mirror symmetry and moduli spaces of superconformal field theoriesWe review the applications of mirror symmetry to the study of the moduli spaces of two-dimensional conformal field theories with N=(2,2) supersymmetry, particularly those constructed from…David R. Morrison·Nov 30, 1994SaveLearn
Homological Algebra of Mirror SymmetryThis is my talk at ICM, Zurich 1994. It contains a short introduction, two basic examples and a refined version of the Mirror Conjecture formulated in terms of homological algebra.Maxim Kontsevich·Nov 30, 1994SaveLearn
Bounding the order of automorphisms of certain curvesWe study upper bounds on the order of automorphisms of non-singular curves X satisfying at least one of the following hypothesis: 1) X is an m-sheeted covering of exactly one non-singular curve…Fernando Torres·Nov 28, 1994SaveLearn
Prym Varieties and the Moduli of Spin BundlesWe show that the Verlinde formula for moduli spaces of spin bundles on an algebraic curve gives dimensions of direct sums of spaces of theta functions over the finite set of Prym varieties of…W. M. Oxbury·Nov 28, 1994SaveLearn
Uniformity of rational points over all quadratic fieldsWe refine a result of L. Caporaso, J. Harris and B. Mazur, and prove: Supposons que la conjecture de Lang soit vraie. Soit K un corps des nombres et g>1 un entier. Il existe un nombre N(K,g)…Dan Abramovich·Nov 24, 1994SaveLearn
A Borel-Weil Theorem for Schur ModulesWe present a generalization of the classical Schur modules of GL(N) exhibiting the same interplay among algebra, geometry, and combinatorics. A generalized Young diagram D is an arbitrary finite…Peter Magyar·Nov 21, 1994SaveLearn
A New Approach to Characterise all the Transitive Orientations for an Undirected GraphA new approach to find all the transitive orientations for a comparability graph (finite or infinite) is presented. This approach is based on the link between the notion of ``strong''…A. Belkasri, M. Hamade·Nov 18, 1994SaveLearn
On sextic surfaces having only nodes (preliminary report)Let S be a surface in CP3, having only nodes as singularities. Let pi: S~ --> S be a minimal resolution of singularities. A set N of nodes on S is EVEN if there exists a divisor Q on S~ such that 2Q…David B. Jaffe·Nov 17, 1994SaveLearn
Classification of Varieties with Canonical Curve Section via Gaussian maps on Canonical CurvesLet C ⊂ Pg-1 be a smooth canonical curve of genus g ≥ 3. The purpose of this article is to further develop a method to classify varieties having C as their curve section, using…C. Ciliberto, A. Lopez, R. Miranda·Nov 16, 1994SaveLearn
The McKay correspondence for finite subgroups of SL(3,)This is the final draft, containing very minor proof-reading corrections. Let G in SL(n,) be a finite subgroup and : Y -> X = n/G any resolution of singularities of the quotient space. We…Yukari Ito, Miles Reid·Nov 16, 1994SaveLearn
Rational Points of Bounded Height on Compactifications of Anisotropic ToriWe investigate the analytic properties of the zeta-function associated with heights on equivariant compactifications of anisotropic tori over number fields. This allows to verify conjectures about…Victor V. Batyrev, Yuri Tschinkel·Nov 15, 1994SaveLearn
On the Corank of Gaussian Maps for General Embedded K3 SurfacesLet Sg be a general prime K3 surface in Pg of genus g ≥ 3 or a general double cover of P2 ramified along a sextic curve for g = 2 and S = Si,g its i-th Veronese…C. Ciliberto, A. Lopez, R. Miranda·Nov 15, 1994SaveLearn
Conformal Differential Forms of an Analytic GermA differential form vanishing on the tangent space at smooth points of a reduced embedded analytic germ is called conormal. For proving that a conormal one--form of a hypersurface vanishes at its…Robert Gassler·Nov 12, 1994SaveLearn
Logarithmic Embeddings and Logarithmic Semistable ReductionsIn this paper, we give a criterion for the existence of logarithmic embeddings -- which was first introduced by Steenbrink -- for general normal crossing varieties. Using this criterion, we also give…Fumiharu Kato·Nov 11, 1994SaveLearn
Bott's formula and enumerative geometryWe outline a strategy for computing intersection numbers on smooth varieties with torus actions using a residue formula of Bott. As an example, Gromov-Witten numbers of twisted cubic and elliptic…G. Ellingsrud, S. A. Strømme·Nov 10, 1994SaveLearn
Operads and moduli spaces of genus 0 Riemann surfacesWe study a pair of dual operads which arise in the study of moduli spaces of pointed genus 0 curves (this duality is similar to that between commutative and Lie algebras). These operads are both…Ezra Getzler·Nov 9, 1994SaveLearn
On the invariants of base changes of pencils of curves, IIIn this part of the series, we shall investigate Deligne-Mumford semistable reductions from the point of view of numerical invariants. As an application, we obtain two numerical criterions for a base…Sheng-Li Tan·Nov 8, 1994SaveLearn
The minimal number of singular fibers of a semistable curves over P1In this paper, we shall prove Beauville's conjecture: if f:S P1 is a non-trivial semistable fibration of genus g>1, then f admits at least 5 singular fibers. We have also constructed an…Sheng-Li Tan·Nov 8, 1994SaveLearn
Towards a separation theorem of points by adjoint linear systems on polarized threefoldsMain Result: Let (M,L) be a smooth complex polarized threefold. Then the linear system | K+tL| separates any two different points on M for any t 6, where K is the canonical bundle of…Takao Fujita·Nov 8, 1994SaveLearn
The geometry of A-graded algebrasWe study algebras k[x1,...,xn]/I which admit a grading by a subsemigroup of Nd such that every graded component is a one-dimensional k-vector space. V.I.~Arnold and coworkers proved that for d = 1…Bernd Sturmfels·Oct 31, 1994SaveLearn
On the Picard group: torsion and the kernelFor a homomorphism f: A --> B of commutative rings, let D(A,B) denote Ker[Pic(A) --> Pic(B)]. Let k be a field and assume that A is a f.g. k-algebra. We prove a number of finiteness results for…Robert Guralnick, David Jaffe, Wayne Raskind et al.·Oct 31, 1994SaveLearn
Self-linking number of a real algebraic linkFor a nonsingular real algebraic curve in the 3-dimensional projective space and sphere a new numeric characteristic is introduced. It takes integer values, is invariant under rigid isotopy,…Oleg Viro·Oct 30, 1994SaveLearn
Contractions on a manifold polarized by an ample vector bundleA complex manifold X of dimension n together with an ample vector bundle E on it will be called a generalized polarized variety. The adjoint bundle of the pair (X,E) is the line bundle…M. Andreatta, M. Mella·Oct 27, 1994SaveLearn
Quantum Cohomology of Rational SurfacesIn this article formulas for the quantum product of a rational surface are given, and used to give an algebro-geometric proof of the associativity of the quantum product for strict Del Pezzo…Bruce Crauder, Rick Miranda·Oct 27, 1994SaveLearn