Vertex algebras and the cohomology ring structure of Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces

Using vertex algebra techniques, we determine a set of generators for the cohomology ring of the Hilbert schemes of points on an arbitrary smooth projective surface over the field of complex numbers. Received: 28 November 2000 / Published online: 23 May 2002     

Cohomology of tori over p-adic curves

 We establish a duality in the cohomology of arbitrary tori over smooth but not necessarily projective curves over a p-adic field. This generalises Lichtenbaum–Tate duality between the Picard group and the Brauer group of a smooth projective curve. Received: 28 January 2002 / Published online: 28 March 2003 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 14G20, 14F22, 14L15, 11S25     

Subelliptic harmonic maps from Carnot groups

For subelliptic harmonic maps from a Carnot group into a Riemannian manifold without boundary, we prove that they are smooth near any -regular point (see Definition 1.3) for sufficiently small . As a consequence, any stationary subelliptic harmonic map is smooth away from a closed set with zero H^Q-2 measure. This extends the regularity theory for harmonic maps (cf. [SU], [Hf], [El], [Bf]) to this subelliptic setting.Received: 24 April 2002, Accepted: 30 September 2002, Published online: 17 December 2002Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35B65, 58J42     

Radially symmetric wave maps from (1 + 2)-dimensional Minkowski space to the sphere

By a blow-up analysis as in [8] for a related problem we rule out concentration of energy for radially symmetric wave maps from the (1+ 2)-dimensional Minkowski space to the sphere. When combined with the local existence and regularity results of Christodoulou and Tahvildar-Zadeh for this problem, our result implies global existence of smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem for radially symmetric wave maps for smooth radially symmetric data. Received: 1 November 2000; in final form: 12 April 2001 / Published online: 1 February 2002     

The classification of smooth toric weakened Fano 3-folds

 We obtain a complete classification of toric weakened Fano 3-folds, that is, smooth toric weak Fano 3-folds which are not Fano but are deformed to smooth Fano 3-folds. There exist exactly 15 toric weakened Fano 3-folds up to isomorphisms. Received: 30 January 2002 / Revised version: 6 May 2002     

(1+2)-Dimensional Radially Symmetric Wave Maps Revisit

The author gives an alternative and simple proof of the global existence of smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem for wave maps from the (1+2)-dimensional Minkowski space to an arbitrary compact smooth Riemannian manifold without boundary, for arbitrary smooth, radially symmetric data. The author can also treat non-compact manifold under some additional assumptions which generalize the existing ones.     

On systems of binomials in the ideal of a toric variety

Let be a toric set in the affine space . Given a set of binomials in the toric ideal of , we give a criterion for deciding the equality rad( ) = . This criterion extends to arbitrary dimension, and to arbitrary fields, an earlier result which concerned only monomial curves over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero.

     

A topological proof of cancellation theorem for ${\vec C}^2$

We give a new proof of the Cancellation Theorem for which says that if V is a smooth complex affine surface such that is isomorphic to then V is isomorphic to The proof is based on the topological method of Mumford-Ramanujam. Received: 2 November 2000 / in final form: 10 September 2001 / Published online: 1 February 2002     

Global well-posedness for the KP-I equation

We prove the global well-posedness of the KP-I equation in for data of arbitrary size in a suitable Sobolev class. We use a compactness method to get local solutions. We extend the solutions thanks to some conservation laws, an almost conserved quantity and Strichartz estimates. Received: 5 April 2001 / Revised version: 22 October 2001 / Published online: 17 June 2002     

Seshadri constants in a family of surfaces

The aim of this note is to study local and global Seshadri constants for a family of smooth surfaces with prescribed polarization. Received: 16 April 2001 / Published online: 26 April 2002     

Number of singularities of a foliation on

Let be a one dimensional foliation on a projective space, that is, an invertible subsheaf of the sheaf of sections of the tangent bundle. If the singularities of are isolated, Baum-Bott formula states how many singularities, counted with multiplicity, appear. The isolated condition is removed here. Let be the dimension of the singular locus of . We give an upper bound of the number of singularities of dimension , counted with multiplicity and degree, that may have, in terms of the degree of the foliation. We give some examples where this bound is reached. We then generalize this result for a higher dimensional foliation on an arbitrary smooth and projective variety.

     

On a resonant-superlinear elliptic problem

We start by discussing the solvability of the following superlinear problem where , is a smooth bounded domain and f satisfies a one-sided Landesman-Lazer condition. We also consider systems of semilinear elliptic equations with nonlinearities of the above form, so exhibiting superlinearity as and resonance as . A priori bounds for the solutions of the equation and the system are obtained by using Hardy-type inequalities . Existence of solutions is then obtained using topological degree arguments. Received: 18 March 2002 / Accepted: 8 May 2002 / Published online: 5 September 2002     

Regularity for the approximated harmonic map equation and application to the heat flow for harmonic maps

Let be open and a smooth, compact Riemannian manifold without boundary. We consider the approximated harmonic map equation for maps , where . For , we prove H?lder continuity for weak solution s which satisfy a certain smallness condition. For , we derive an energy estimate which allows to prove partial regularity for stationary solutions of the heat flow for harmonic maps in dimension . Received: 7 May 2001; / in final form: 22 February 2002 Published online: 2 December 2002     

The homeomorphism type of unital-like submanifolds in smooth projective planes

We prove that a compact, connected submanifold of the point space of a smooth projective plane is homeomorphic to a sphere provided that certain intersection properties with lines are satisfied. As an application, we show that the set of absolute points of a smooth polarity in a smooth projective plane of dimension 2l is empty or homeomorphic to a sphere of dimension 2l - 1 or .Received: 13 September 2002     

Alpha invariant for general polarizations of del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1

For an arbitrary ample divisor A in smooth del Pezzo surface S of degree 1, we verify the condition of the polarization to be K‐stable and it is a simple numerical condition.     

Linear systems on Fano threefolds II

In this note we classify (1) a polarized smooth Fano threefold (X,H) for which |H| fails to be very ample and (2) a nef divisor N on a smooth Fano threefold with Bs|N|.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 14C20, 14J45, 14E25The author was supported in part by KOSEF Grant #R14 -2002-007-01001-0(2002).     

Partial regularity of weak solutions for the curve shortening flow

We study the regularity of certain weak solutions for the curve shortening flow in arbitrary codimension. These solutions arise as limits of a regularization process which is related to an approach suggested by Calabi. We prove that the set of times for which such a weak solution is not smooth has Hausdorff dimension at most ?. Received: 23 May 1998 / Revised version: 7 September 1998     

Complete nonorientable minimal surfaces in a ball of

The existence of complete minimal surfaces in a ball was proved by N. Nadirashvili in 1996. However, the construction of such surfaces with nontrivial topology remained open. In 2002, the authors showed examples of complete orientable minimal surfaces with arbitrary genus and one end. In this paper we construct complete bounded nonorientable minimal surfaces in with arbitrary finite topology. The method we present here can also be used to construct orientable complete minimal surfaces with arbitrary genus and number of ends.

     

Anticanonical Rational Surfaces

A determination of the fixed components, base points and irregularity is made for arbitrary numerically effective divisors on any smooth projective rational surface having an effective anticanonical divisor. All of the results are proven over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. Applications, to be treated in separate papers, include questions involving: points in good position, birational models of rational surfaces in projective space, and resolutions for 0-dimensional subschemes of defined by complete ideals.