Remarks on invariant metrics on Teichmüller space

We make some comparisons concerning the induced infinitesimal Kobayashi metric, the induced Siegel metric, the L² Bergman metric, the Teichmüller metric and the Weil-Petersson metric on the Teichmüller space of a compact Riemann surface of genus g?2. As a consequence, among others, we show that the moduli space has finite volume with respect to the L² Bergman metric. This answers a question raised by Nag in 1989.     

On the monodromy of the moduli space of Calabi–Yau threefolds coming from eight planes in {\mathbb{P}^3}

It is a fundamental problem in geometry to decide which moduli spaces of polarized algebraic varieties are embedded by their period maps as Zariski open subsets of locally Hermitian symmetric domains. In the present work we prove that the moduli space of Calabi–Yau threefolds coming from eight planes in ${\mathbb{P}^3}$ does not have this property. We show furthermore that the monodromy group of a good family is Zariski dense in the corresponding symplectic group. Moreover, we study a natural sublocus which we call hyperelliptic locus, over which the variation of Hodge structures is naturally isomorphic to wedge product of a variation of Hodge structures of weight one. It turns out the hyperelliptic locus does not extend to a Shimura subvariety of type III (Siegel space) within the moduli space. Besides general Hodge theory, representation theory and computational commutative algebra, one of the proofs depends on a new result on the tensor product decomposition of complex polarized variations of Hodge structures.     

A note on Marino-Vafa formula

Hodge integrals over moduli spaces of curves appear naturally during the localization procedure in computation of Gromov-Witten invariants. A remarkable formula of Marino-Vafa expresses a generation function of Hodge integrals via some combinatorial and algebraic data seemingly unrelated to these apriori algebraic geometric objects. We prove in this paper by directly expanding the formula and estimating the involved terms carefully that except a specific type all the other Hodge integrals involving up to three Hodge classes can be calculated from this formula. This implies that amazingly rich information about moduli spaces and Gromov-Witten invariants is encoded in this complicated formula. We also give some low genus examples which agree with the previous results in literature. Proofs and calculations are elementary as long as one accepts Mumford relations on the reductions of products of Hodge classes.     

A note on Marino-Vafa formula

Hodge integrals over moduli spaces of curves appear naturally during the localization procedure in computation of Gromov-Witten invariants. A remarkable formula of Marino-Vafa expresses a generation function of Hodge integrals via some combinatorial and algebraic data seemingly unrelated to these apriori algebraic geometric objects. We prove in this paper by directly expanding the formula and estimating the involved terms carefully that except a specific type all the other Hodge integrals involving up to three Hodge classes can be calculated from this formula. This implies that amazingly rich information about moduli spaces and Gromov-Witten invariants is encoded in this complicated formula. We also give some low genus examples which agree with the previous results in literature. Proofs and calculations are elementary as long as one accepts Mumford relations on the reductions of products of Hodge classes.     

Computing genus 2 curves from invariants on the Hilbert moduli space

We give a new method for generating genus 2 curves over a finite field with a given number of points on the Jacobian of the curve. We define two new invariants for genus 2 curves as values of modular functions on the Hilbert moduli space and show how to compute them. We relate them to the usual three Igusa invariants on the Siegel moduli space and give an algorithm to construct curves using these new invariants. Our approach simplifies the complex analytic method for computing genus 2 curves for cryptography and reduces the amount of computation required.     

On the curvature tensor of the Hodge metric of moduli space of polarized Calabi-Yau threefolds

In this article, we give an expression and some estimates of the curvature tensor of the Hodge metric over the moduli space of a polarized calabi-Yau threefold. The symmetricity of the Yukawa coupling is also studied. In the last section of this article, an extra restriction of the limiting Hodge structure for the degeneration of Calabi-Yau threefolds is given.     

The κ ring of the moduli of curves of compact type

The subalgebra of the tautological ring of the moduli of curves of compact type generated by the κ classes is studied in all genera. Relations, constructed via the virtual geometry of the moduli of stable quotients, are used to obtain minimal sets of generators. Bases and Betti numbers of the κ rings are computed. A universality property relating the higher genus κ rings to the genus 0 rings is proven using the virtual geometry of the moduli space of stable maps. The λ_g-formula for Hodge integrals arises as the simplest consequence.     

On the geometry of moduli spaces

We construct a Kähler metric on the moduli spaces of compact complex manifolds with c₁,<0 and of polarized compact Kähler manifolds with c₁=0, which is a generalization of the Petersson-Well metric. It is induced by the variation of the Kähler-Einstein metrics on the fibers that exist according to the Calabi-Yau theorem. We compute the above metric on the moduli spaces of polarized tori and symplectic manifolds. It turns out to be the Maaß metric on the Siegel upper half space and the Bergmann metric on a symmetric space of type III resp. In particular it is Kähler-Einstein with negative curvature.Dedicated to Karl SteinHeisenberg-Stipendiat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft     

The Hodge conjecture for certain moduli varieties

For smooth projective varietiesX over ℂ, the Hodge Conjecture states that every rational Cohomology class of type (p, p) comes from an algebraic cycle. In this paper, we prove the Hodge conjecture for some moduli spaces of vector bundles on compact Riemann surfaces of genus 2 and 3.     

Perfectoid Shimura varieties

This note explains some of the author’s work on understanding the torsion appearing in the cohomology of locally symmetric spaces such as arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds.The key technical tool was a theory of Shimura varieties with infinite level at p: As p-adic analytic spaces, they are perfectoid, and admit a new kind of period map, called the Hodge–Tate period map, towards the flag variety. Moreover, the (semisimple) automorphic vector bundles come via pullback along the Hodge–Tate period map from the flag variety.In the case of the Siegel moduli space, the situation is fully analyzed in [12]. We explain the conjectural picture for a general Shimura variety.     

New results on the geometry of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces

We briefly survey our recent results about the Mumford goodness of several canonical metrics on the moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces,including the Weil-Petersson metric,the Ricci metric, the Perturbed Ricci metric and the Kahler-Einstein metric.We prove the dual Nakano negativity of the Weil-Petersson metric.As applications of these results we deduce certain important results about the L~2-cohomology groups of the logarithmic tangent bundle over the compactifled moduli spaces.     

Family of curves with large unitary summand in the Hodge bundle

Mathematische Zeitschrift - In this note, we construct non-isotrivial families of curves of genus $$g\ge 2$$ , where the rank of the unitary summand contained in the Hodge bundle can be as large as...     

Geometric aspects of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces

We describe some recent progress in the study of moduli space of Riemann surfaces in this survey paper. New complete Kahler metrics were introduced on the moduli space and Teichmuller space. Their curvature properties and asymptotic behavior were studied in details. These natural metrics served as bridges to connect all the known canonical metrics, especially the Kahler-Einstein metric. We showed that all the known complete metrics on the moduli space are equivalent and have Poincare type growth. Furthermore, the Kahler-Einstein metric has strongly bounded geometry. This also implied that the logarithm cotangent bundle of the moduli space is stable in the sense of Mumford.     

Nefness: Generalization to the lc case

This note is devoted to a proof of the b-nefness of the moduli part in the canonical bundle formula for an lc-trivial fibration that is lc and not klt over the generic point of the base. This result is proved in [3, §8] and [4] by using the theory of variation of mixed Hodge structure. Here we present a proof that makes use only of the theory of variation of Hodge structure and follows Ambro's proof of [2, Theorem 0.2].     

Quillen bundle and geometric prequantization of non-abelian vortices on a Riemann surface

In this paper we prequantize the moduli space of non-abelian vortices. We explicitly calculate the symplectic form arising from L ² metric and we construct a prequantum line bundle whose curvature is proportional to this symplectic form. The prequantum line bundle turns out to be Quillen’s determinant line bundle with a modified Quillen metric. Next, as in the case of abelian vortices, we construct line bundles over the moduli space whose curvatures form a family of symplectic forms which are parametrized by Ψ₀, a section of a certain bundle. The equivalence of these prequantum bundles are discussed.     

Kähler geometry of Douady spaces

We consider the generalized Petersson–Weil metric on the moduli space of compact submanifolds of a Kähler manifold or a projective variety. It is extended as a positive current to the space of points corresponding to reduced fibers, and estimates are shown. For moduli of projective varieties the Petersson–Weil form is the curvature of a certain determinant line bundle equipped with a Quillen metric. We investigate its extension to the compactified moduli space.     

Geometric aspects of the moduli space of riemann surfaces

We describe some recent progress in the study of moduli space of Riemann surfaces in this survey paper. New complete Kähler metrics were introduced on the moduli space and Teichmüller space. Their curvature properties and asymptotic behavior were studied in details. These natural metrics served as bridges to connect all the known canonical metrics, especially the Kähler-Einstein metric. We showed that all the known complete metrics on the moduli space are equivalent and have Poincaré type growth. Furthermore, the Kähler-Einstein metric has strongly bounded geometry. This also implied that the logarithm cotangent bundle of the moduli space is stable in the sense of Mumford.

     

The rational cohomology of $${\overline{\mathcal{M}_4}}$$

We present two approaches to the study of the cohomology of moduli spaces of curves. Together, they allow us to compute the rational cohomology of the moduli space of stable complex curves of genus 4, with its Hodge structure.     

On Hurwitz numbers and Hodge integrals

In this paper we find an explicit formula for the number of topologically different ramified coverings C → CP¹ (C is a compact Riemann surface of genus g) with only one complicated branching point in terms of Hodge integrals over the moduli space of genus g curves with marked points.