Moduli Spaces of Coherent Systems of Small Slope on Algebraic Curves

Let C be an algebraic curve of genus g ≥ 2. A coherent system on C consists of a pair (E, V), where E is an algebraic vector bundle over C of rank n and degree d and V is a subspace of dimension k of the space of sections of E. The stability of the coherent system depends on a parameter α. We study the geometry of the moduli space of coherent systems for 0 < d ≤ 2n. We show that these spaces are irreducible whenever they are nonempty and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for nonemptiness.     

Hodge polynomials and birational types of moduli spaces of coherent systems on elliptic curves

In this paper we consider moduli spaces of coherent systems on an elliptic curve. We compute their Hodge polynomials and determine their birational types in some cases. Moreover we prove that certain moduli spaces of coherent systems are isomorphic. This last result uses the Fourier-Mukai transform of coherent systems introduced by Hernández Ruipérez and Tejero Prieto.     

Poisson Structures on Moduli Spaces of Framed Vector Bundles on Surfaces

In this paper we prove that the moduli spaces of framed vector bundles over a surface X, satisfying certain conditions, admit a family of Poisson structures parametrized by the global sections of a certain line bundle on X. This generalizes to the case of framed vector bundles previous results obtained in [B2] for the moduli space of vector bundles over a Poisson surface. As a corollary of this result we prove that the moduli spaces of framed SU(r) – instantons on S⁴ = ℝ⁴ ∪ {∞} admit a natural holomorphic symplectic structure.     

A Duality for Spin Verlinde Spaces and Prym Theta Functions

The paper proves canonical isomorphisms between Spin Verlindespaces, that is, spaces of global sections of a determinantline bundle over the moduli space of semistable Spin_n-bundlesover a smooth projective curve C, and the dual spaces of thetafunctions over Prym varieties of unramified double covers ofC.     

Gabor pairs, and a discrete approach to wave-front sets

We introduce admissible lattices and Gabor pairs to define discrete versions of wave-front sets with respect to Fourier–Lebesgue and modulation spaces. We prove that these wave-front sets agree with each other and with corresponding wave-front sets of “continuous type”. This implies that the coefficients of a Gabor frame expansion of f are parameter dependent, and describe the wave-front set of f.     

Fano varieties of cubic fourfolds containing a plane

We prove that the Fano variety of lines of a generic cubic fourfold containing a plane is isomorphic to a moduli space of twisted stable complexes on a K3 surface. On the other hand, we show that the Fano varieties are always birational to moduli spaces of twisted stable coherent sheaves on a K3 surface. The moduli spaces of complexes and of sheaves are related by wall-crossing in the derived category of twisted sheaves on the corresponding K3 surface.     

Jacobi Cohomology, Local Geometry of Moduli Spaces, and Hitchin Connections

We develop some cohomological tools for the study of the localgeometry of moduli and parameter spaces in complex AlgebraicGeometry. Notably, we develop canonical formulae for the differentialoperators of arbitrary order and their natural action on suitable‘natural’ modules (for example, functions); in particular,we obtain a formula, in terms of the moduli problem, for theLie bracket of vector fields on a moduli space. As an application,we obtain another construction and proof of flatness for thefamiliar KZW or Hitchin connection on moduli spaces of curves.2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 14D15, 32G05.     

Rational Lagrangian fibrations on punctual Hilbert schemes of K3 surfaces

A rational Lagrangian fibration f on an irreducible symplectic variety V is a rational map which is birationally equivalent to a regular surjective morphism with Lagrangian fibers. By analogy with K3 surfaces, it is natural to expect that a rational Lagrangian fibration exists if and only if V has a divisor D with Bogomolov–Beauville square 0. This conjecture is proved in the case when V is the Hilbert scheme of d points on a generic K3 surface S of genus g under the hypothesis that its degree 2g−2 is a square times 2d−2. The construction of f uses a twisted Fourier–Mukai transform which induces a birational isomorphism of V with a certain moduli space of twisted sheaves on another K3 surface M, obtained from S as its Fourier–Mukai partner.     

Calabi–Yau Threefolds and Moduli of Abelian Surfaces I

We describe birational models and decide the rationality/unirationality of moduli spaces A _d (and A _d ^lev ) of (1, d)-polarized Abelian surfaces (with canonical level structure, respectively) for small values of d. The projective lines identified in the rational/unirational moduli spaces correspond to pencils of Abelian surfaces traced on nodal threefolds living naturally in the corresponding ambient projective spaces, and whose small resolutions are new Calabi–Yau threefolds with Euler characteristic zero.     

Products of residue currents of Cauchy–Fantappiè–Leray type

With a given holomorphic section of a Hermitian vector bundle, one can associate a residue current by means of Cauchy–Fantappiè–Leray type formulas. In this paper we define products of such residue currents. We prove that, in the case of a complete intersection, the product of the residue currents of a tuple of sections coincides with the residue current of the direct sum of the sections.     

On a Relative Fourier–Mukai Transform on Genus One Fibrations

We study relative Fourier–Mukai transforms on genus one fibrations with section, allowing explicitly the total space of the fibration to be singular and non-projective. Grothendieck duality is used to prove a skew–commutativity relation between this equivalence of categories and certain duality functors. We use our results to explicitly construct examples of semi-stable sheaves on degenerating families of elliptic curves.     

Verlinde bundles and generalized theta linear series

In this paper we approach the study of generalized theta linear series on moduli of vector bundles on curves via vector bundle techniques on abelian varieties.

We study a naturally defined class of vector bundles on a Jacobian, called Verlinde bundles, in order to obtain information about duality between theta functions and effective global and normal generation on these moduli spaces.

     

Transferring Boundedness from Conjugate Operators Associated with Jacobi, Laguerre, and Fourier–Bessel Expansions to Conjugate Operators in the Hankel Setting

In this paper we establish transference results showing that the boundedness of the conjugate operator associated with Hankel transforms on Lorentz spaces can be deduced from the corresponding boundedness of the conjugate operators defined on Laguerre, Jacobi, and Fourier–Bessel settings. Our result also allows us to characterize the power weights in order that conjugation associated with Laguerre, Jacobi, and Fourier–Bessel expansions define bounded operators between the corresponding weighted L ^p spaces. This paper is partially supported by MTM2004/05878. Third and fourth authors are also partially supported by grant PI042004/067.     

Parking functions and vertex operators

We introduce several associative algebras and families of vector spaces associated to these algebras. Using lattice vertex operators, we obtain dimension and character formulae for these spaces. In particular, we define a family of representations of symmetric groups which turn out to be isomorphic to parking function modules. We also construct families of vector spaces whose dimensions are Catalan numbers and Fuss–Catalan numbers respectively. Conjecturally, these spaces are related to spaces of global sections of vector bundles on (zero fibres of) Hilbert schemes and representations of rational Cherednik algebras.      

A Hitchin-Kobayashi Correspondence for Coherent Systems on Riemann Surfaces

A coherent system (E, V) consists of a holomorphic bundle plusa linear subspace of its space of holomorphic sections. Motivatedby the usual notion in geometric invariant theory, a notionof slope stability can be defined for such objects. In the paperit is shown that stability in this sense is equivalent to theexistence of solutions to a certain set of gauge theoretic equations.One of the equations is essentially the vortex equation (thatis, the Hermitian–Einstein equation with an additionalzeroth order term), and the other is an orthonormality conditionon a frame for the subspace VH⁰(E).     

Holomorphic symmetric differentials and a birational characterization of abelian varieties

A generically generated vector bundle on a smooth projective variety yields a rational map to a Grassmannian, called Kodaira map. We answer a previous question, raised by the asymptotic behaviour of such maps, giving rise to a birational characterization of abelian varieties. In particular we prove that, under the conjectures of the Minimal Model Program, a smooth projective variety is birational to an abelian variety if and only if it has Kodaira dimension 0 and some symmetric power of its cotangent sheaf is generically generated by its global sections.     

Deformation-obstruction theory for complexes via Atiyah and Kodaira–Spencer classes

We give a universal approach to the deformation-obstruction theory of objects of the derived category of coherent sheaves over a smooth projective family. We recover and generalise the obstruction class of Lowen and Lieblich, and prove that it is a product of Atiyah and Kodaira–Spencer classes. This allows us to obtain deformation-invariant virtual cycles on moduli spaces of objects of the derived category on threefolds.     

Yang-Mills theory and Tamagawa numbers: the fascination of unexpected links in mathematics

Atiyah and Bott used equivariant Morse theory applied to theYang–Mills functional to calculate the Betti numbers ofmoduli spaces of vector bundles over a Riemann surface, rederivinginductive formulae obtained from an arithmetic approach whichinvolved the Tamagawa number of SL_n. This article attempts tosurvey and extend our understanding of this link between Yang–Millstheory and Tamagawa numbers, and to explain how methods usedover the last three decades to study the singular cohomologyof moduli spaces of bundles on a smooth projective curve over can be adapted to the setting of ¹-homotopy theory to studythe motivic cohomology of these moduli spaces over an algebraicallyclosed field.     

Stability of line bundle transforms on curves with respect to low codimensional subspaces

We show the stability of certain syzygies of line bundles oncurves, which we call line bundle transforms. Furthermore, weprove the existence of reducible theta divisors for the transformshaving integral slope. A line bundle transform is the kernelof the evaluation map on a subspace of the space of global sections.     

Determinant line bundle on moduli space of parabolic bundles

In Biswas and Raghavendra (Proc Indian Acad Sci (Math Sci) 103:41–71, 1993; Asian J Math 2:303–324, 1998), a parabolic determinant line bundle on a moduli space of stable parabolic bundles was constructed, along with a Hermitian structure on it. The construction of the Hermitian structure was indirect: The parabolic determinant line bundle was identified with the pullback of the determinant line bundle on a moduli space of usual vector bundles over a covering curve. The Hermitian structure on the parabolic determinant bundle was taken to be the pullback of the Quillen metric on the determinant line bundle on the moduli space of usual vector bundles. Here a direct construction of the Hermitian structure is given. For that we need to establish a version of the correspondence between the stable parabolic bundles and the Hermitian–Einstein connections in the context of conical metrics. Also, a recently obtained parabolic analog of Faltings’ criterion of semistability plays a crucial role.