Exact Random Walk Distributions using Noncommutative GeometryUsing the results obtained by the non commutative geometry techniques applied to the Harper equation, we derive the areas distribution of random walks of length N on a two-dimensional square…Jean Bellissard, Carlos J Camacho, Armelle Barelli et al.·Aug 18, 1997SaveLearn
A stratification of the moduli space of vector bundles on curvesLet E be a vector bundle of rank r≥ 2 on a smooth projective curve C of genus g ≥ 2 over an algebraically closed field K of arbitrary characteristic. For any integer with $1 k…L. Brambila-Paz, H. Lange·Aug 18, 1997SaveLearn
Bend, break and count II : elliptics, cuspidals, linear generaExtending the method of Part I (alg-geom/9704004), we give recursive formulae for: the genus-1 Severi degree (formula first found by Getzler), the degree of the variety of 1-cuspidal curves of genus…Ziv Ran·Aug 15, 1997SaveLearn
Euler number of the compactified Jacobian and multiplicity of rational curvesWe show that the Euler number of the compactified Jacobian of a rational curve C with locally planar singularities is equal to the multiplicity of the δ-constant stratum in the base of a…Barbara Fantechi, Lothar Göttsche, Duco van Straten·Aug 14, 1997SaveLearn
Some finiteness results for Calabi-Yau threefoldsWe investigate the moduli theory of Calabi--Yau threefolds, and using Griffiths' work on the period map, we derive some finiteness results. In particular, we confirm a prediction of…Balazs Szendroi·Aug 12, 1997SaveLearn
Limits in n-categoriesWe define notions of direct and inverse limits in an n-category. We prove that the n+1-category nCAT' of fibrant n-categories admits direct and inverse limits. At the end we speculate…Carlos Simpson·Aug 7, 1997SaveLearn
Desingularized moduli spaces of sheaves on a K3, IModuli spaces of semistable torsion-free sheaves on a K3 surface X are often holomorphic symplectic varieties, deformation equivalent to a Hilbert scheme parametrizing zero-dimensional subschemes…Kieran G. O'Grady·Aug 6, 1997SaveLearn
Local structure of moduli spacesWe describe the algebra of a universal formal deformation as the zeroth cohomology of the dg Lie algebra corresponding to this deformation problem. A report at Arbeitstagung 1997 on the joint work…Vadim Schechtman·Aug 5, 1997SaveLearn
Torsion of abelian varieties, Weil classes and cyclotomic extensionsLet K be a field finitely generated over the field of rational numbers, K(c) the extension of K obtained by adjoining all roots of unity, L an infinite Galois extension of K, X an abelian…Yuri G. Zarhin·Aug 4, 1997SaveLearn
Duality and flat base change on formal schemesWe give several related versions of global Grothendieck Duality for unbounded complexes on noetherian formal schemes. The proofs, based on a non-trivial adaptation of Deligne's method for the special…Leovigildo Alonso, Ana Jeremias, Joseph Lipman·Aug 4, 1997SaveLearn
A remark on virtual orientations for complete intersectionsThe aim of this note is to give a simple definition of genus zero virtual orientation classes (or fundamental classes) for projective complete intersections or, more generally, for complete…Vadim Schechtman·Aug 3, 1997SaveLearn
Effective nonvanishing, effective global generationWe prove a multiple-points higher-jets nonvanishing theorem by the use of local Seshadri constants. Applications are given to effectivity problems such as constructing rational and birational maps…Mark Andrea A. de Cataldo·Aug 2, 1997SaveLearn
Singular hermitian metrics on vector bundlesWe introduce a notion of singular hermitian metrics (s.h.m.) for holomorphic vector bundles and define positivity in view of L2-estimates. Associated with a suitably positive s.h.m. there is a…Mark Andrea A. de Cataldo·Aug 2, 1997SaveLearn
Discriminant Complements and Kernels of Monodromy RepresentationsWe show that the kernel of the monodromy representation for hypersurfaces of degree d and dimension n is large for d at least three with the exception of the cases (d,n) = (3,0) and (3,1). For these…James A. Carlson, Domingo Toledo·Aug 1, 1997SaveLearn
Localization of virtual classesWe prove a localization formula for virtual fundamental classes in the context of torus equivariant perfect obstruction theories. As an application, the higher genus Gromov-Witten invariants of…T. Graber, R. Pandharipande·Aug 1, 1997SaveLearn
On Simplicial Commutative Rings with Vanishing André-Quillen HomologyWe propose a generalization of a conjecture of D. Quillen, on the vanishing of André-Quillen homology, to simplicial commutative rings. This conjecture characterizes a notion of local complete…James M. Turner·Jul 31, 1997SaveLearn
New evidence for Green's conjecture on syzygies of canonical curvesWe prove that two weakened forms of Green's conjectures for canonical curves are equivalent when the genus g is odd.A. Hirschowitz, S. Ramanan·Jul 31, 1997SaveLearn
Rational Curves on Quasi-Projective SurfacesThe main result is that a quasi-projective surface has negative log Kodaira dimension (i.e. no log pluricanonical sections) iff it is dominated by images of the affine line. This follows from our…Sean Keel, James McKernan·Jul 25, 1997SaveLearn
Fano contact manifolds and nilpotent orbitsA contact structure on a complex manifold M is a corank 1 subbundle F of T(M) such that the bilinear form on F with values in the quotient line bundle L=T(M)/F deduced from the Lie bracket of vector…Arnaud Beauville·Jul 24, 1997SaveLearn
Borel-Weil-Bott theory for Loop GroupsThis note outlines the Borel-Weil-Bott theory for (arbitrary-genus) flag varieties of loop groups, following ideas of G. Segal. Recent revivalist interest in the "WZW fusion rules" suggests…Constantin Teleman·Jul 17, 1997SaveLearn
Rational and Non-Rational Algebraic Varieties: Lectures of János KollárThis is a detailed write-up of Kollár's course at the EMS summer school in Algebraic Geometry in Eger, Hungary, August 1996. The topics include definitions and examples of rational and…Karen E. Smith, Joel Rosenberg·Jul 15, 1997SaveLearn
Weak semistable reduction in characteristic 0Let X->B be a morphism of varieties in characteristic zero. Semistable reduction has been proved for dim(B)=1 (Kempf, Knudsen, Mumford, Saint-Donat), dim(X)=dim(B)-1 (de Jong) and dim(X)=dim(B)+2…Dan Abramovich, Kalle Karu·Jul 13, 1997SaveLearn
The tangent space at a special symplectic instanton bundle on P2n+1Let MISimp,P2n+1(k) be the moduli space of stable symplectic instanton bundles on P2n+1 with second Chern class c2=k (it is a closed subscheme of the moduli space MIP2n+1(k)),…Carla Dionisi·Jul 10, 1997SaveLearn
Semiinfinite Flags. I. Case of global curve P1The Semiinfinite Flag Space appeared in the works of B.Feigin and E.Frenkel, and under different disguises was found by V.Drinfeld and G.Lusztig in the early 80-s. Another recent discovery…Michael Finkelberg, Ivan Mirković·Jul 9, 1997SaveLearn
Flops, Type III contractions and Gromov-Witten invariants on Calabi-Yau threefoldsWe investigate Gromov-Witten invariants associated to exceptional classes for primitive birational contractions on a Calabi-Yau threefold X. It was observed in a previous paper that these invariants…P. M. H. Wilson·Jul 9, 1997SaveLearn