Cox rings of surfaces and the anticanonical Iitaka dimension

In this paper we investigate the relation between the finite generation of the Cox ring R(X) of a smooth projective surface X and its anticanonical Iitaka dimension κ(−KX).     

Rational curves and ampleness properties¶of the tangent bundle of algebraic varieties

Let X be a projective manifold, a locally free ample subsheaf of the tangent bundle T _X . If and or n, we prove that . Furthermore we investigate ampleness properties of T _X on large families of curves and the relation to rational connectedness. Received: 2 July 1996     

Symmetric Tensors And Geometry of {\mathbb{P}} ^N Subvarieties

This paper using a geometric approach produces vanishing and nonvanishing results concerning the spaces of twisted symmetric differentials on subvarieties , with k ≤ m. Emphasis is given to the case of k = m which is special and whose nonvanishing results on the dimensional range dim X > 2/3(N − 1) are related to the space of quadrics containing X and the variety of all tangent trisecant lines of X. The paper ends with an application showing that the twisted symmetric plurigenera, along smooth families of projective varieties X_t are not invariant even for α arbitrarily large. Received: September 2006, Revision: May 2007, Accepted: June 2007     

Smooth 4-folds which contain a P1-bundle¶as an ample divisor

We show that if a smooth projective 4-fold M contains an ample divisor A which is P ¹-bundle π :A→S over a smooth projective surface S, π is extended to a P ²-bundle π :S→S, unless $A$ is isomorphic to P ²×P ¹. Received: 28 September 1998 / Revised version: 16 August 1999     

Isolated rational curves on K3-fibered Calabi–Yau threefolds

In this paper we study 16 complete intersection K3-fibered Calabi--Yau variety types in biprojective space ℙ ^{n 1}}×ℙ¹. These are all the CICY-types that are K3 fibered by the projection on the second factor. We prove existence of isolated rational curves of bidegree (d,0) for every positive integer d on a general Calabi–Yau variety of these types. The proof depends heavily on existence theorems for curves on K3-surfaces proved by S. Mori and K. Oguiso. Some of these varieties are related to Calabi–Yau varieties in projective space by a determinantal contraction, and we use this to prove existence of rational curves of every degree for a general Calabi–Yau variety in projective space. Received: 14 October 1997 / Revised version: 18 January 1998     

Some remarks on the study of good contractions

LetX be a complex projective variety with log terminal singularities admitting an extremal contraction in terms of Minimal Model Theory, i.e. a projective morphism φ:X→Z onto a normal varietyZ with connected fibers which is given by a (high multiple of a) divisor of the typeK _x+rL, wherer is a positive rational number andL is an ample Cartier divisor. We first prove that the dimension of anu fiberF of φ is bigger or equal to (r-1) and, if φ is birational, thatdimF≥r, with the equalities if and only ifF is the projective space andL the hyperplane bundle (this is a sort of “relative” version of a theorem of Kobayashi-Ochiai). Then we describe the structure of the morphism φ itself in the case in which all fibers have minimal dimension with the respect tor. If φ is a birational divisorial contraction andX has terminal singularities we prove that φ is actually a “blow-up”.     

Projective normality of abelian surfaces¶given by primitive line bundles

In this paper, we study projective normality of abelian surfaces, with embeddings given by ample line bundles of type (1,d). We show that if d≥ 7, the generic abelian surface is projectively normal. Received: 12 June 1998     

Degree of the divisor of solutions of a differential equation on a projective variety

Using the data schemes from [1] we give a rigorous definition of algebraic differential equations on the complex projective space Pⁿ. For an algebraic subvariety S?Pⁿ, we present an explicit formula for the degree of the divisor of solutions of a differential equation on S and give some examples of applications. We extend the technique and result to the real case.     

Parabolic bundles and representations¶of the fundamental group

Let X be a smooth complex projective variety with Neron–Severi group isomorphic to ℤ, and D an irreducible divisor with normal crossing singularities. Assume 1<r≤ 3. We prove that if π₁(X) doesn't have irreducible PU(r) representations, then π₁(X- D) doesn't have irreducible U(r) representations. The proof uses the non-existence of certain stable parabolic bundles. We also obtain a similar result for GL(2) when D is smooth. Received: 20 December 1999 / Revised version: 7 May 2000     

Characterization of abelian varieties

We prove that any smooth complex projective variety X with plurigenera P ₁(X)=P ₂(X)=1 and irregularity q(X)=dim(X) is birational to an abelian variety. Oblatum 26-V-1999 & 13-VI-2000?Published online: 11 October 2000     

On tangential deformations of homogeneous polynomials

The Jacobian ideal provides the set of infinitesimally trivial deformations for a homogeneous polynomial, or for the corresponding complex projective hypersurface. In this article, we investigate whether the associated linear deformation is indeed trivial, and show that the answer is no in a general situation. We also give a characterization of tangentially smoothable hypersurfaces with isolated singularities. Our results have applications in the local study of variations of projective hypersurfaces, complementing the global versions given by J. Carlson and P. Griffiths, R. Donagi and the author, and in the study of isotrivial linear systems on the projective space, showing that a general divisor does not belong to an isotrivial linear system of positive dimension.     

Défaut d'exactitude des modéles¶de Néron toriques sur un corps local

Let R be a complete discrete valuation ring with mixed characteristic. Denote by K its field of fractions and by k its residue field. Let 0 →A ^K →B ^K →C ^K → 0 be an exact sequence of abelian varieties over K and consider the corresponding complex of Nérons models 0 →A→B→C→ 0, over R. We assume that the identity component B _k ⁰ of the special fibre B _k of B is a torus and we study the defect of exactmess at B in this last sequence.

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Re?u: 4 décembre 1997/ Version revisée: 15 décembre 1997     

On first order congruences of lines of ℙ4 with a fundamental curve

We discuss projective families of lines of ℙ ⁿ , and in particular congruences of order one. After giving general results, we obtain a complete classification of the case of ℙ⁴ in which there is a fundamental curve. Received: 2 August 2000 / Revised version: 11 July 2001     

Quantum Lefschetz hyperplane theorem

The mirror theorem is generalized to any smooth projective variety X. That is, a fundamental relation between the Gromov–Witten invariants of X and Gromov–Witten invariants of complete intersections Y in X is established. Oblatum 21-IV-2000 & 11-I-2001?Published online: 2 April 2001     

A bound on the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity for curves

Recall that a projective curve in with ideal sheaf is said to be n-regular if for every integer and that in this case, it is cut out scheme-theoretically by equations of degree at most n. The purpose here is to show that an irreducible, reduced, projective curve of degree d and large arithmetic genus satisfies a smaller regularity bound than the optimal one . For example, if then a curve is -regular unless it is embedded by a complete linear system of degree . Received: 29 May 2000 / Published online: 24 September 2001     

The cup product of Hilbert schemes for K3 surfaces

To any graded Frobenius algebra A we associate a sequence of graded Frobenius algebras A ^[n] so that there is canonical isomorphism of rings (H ^*(X;ℚ)[2]) ^[n] ≅H ^*(X ^[n] ;ℚ)[2n] for the Hilbert scheme X ^[n] of generalised n-tuples of any smooth projective surface X with numerically trivial canonical bundle. Oblatum 25-I-2001 & 18-IX-2002?Published online: 24 February 2003     

Relative Gromov-Witten invariants and the mirror formula

Let X be a smooth complex projective variety, and let be a smooth very ample hypersurface such that is nef. Using the technique of relative Gromov-Witten invariants, we give a new short and geometric proof of (a version of) the “mirror formula”, i.e. we show that the generating function of the genus zero 1-point Gromov-Witten invariants of Y can be obtained from that of X by a certain change of variables (the so-called “mirror transformation”). Moreover, we use the same techniques to give a similar expression for the (virtual) numbers of degree-d plane rational curves meeting a smooth cubic at one point with multiplicity 3d, which play a role in local mirror symmetry. Received: 11 July 2001 / Published online: 4 February 2003 Funded by the DFG scholarships Ga 636/1–1 and Ga 636/1–2.     

Imposing Singular Points and Many Nodes to Curves on Surfaces

 Let S be a smooth projective surface. Here we study the conditions imposed to curves of a fixed very ample linear system by a general union of types of singularities τ when most of connected components of τ are ordinary double points. This problem is related to the existence of “good” families of curves on S with prescribed singularities, most of them being nodes, and to the regularity of their Hilbert scheme. Received 6 July 2000; in revised form 16 June 2001