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     

Motivic equivalence of quadratic forms. II

Let F be a field of characteristic ≠2 and φ be a quadratic form over F. By X _φ we denote the projective variety given by the equation φ=0. For each positive even integer d≥8 (except for d=12) we construct a field F and a pair φ, ψ of anisotropic d-dimensional forms over F such that the Chow motives of X _φ and X _ψ coincide but . For a pair of anisotropic (2 ^{n -1})-dimensional quadrics X and Y, we prove that existence of a rational morphism Y→X is equivalent to existence of a rational morphism Y→X. Received: 27 September 1999 / Revised version: 27 December 1999     

On nef reductions of projective irreducible symplectic manifolds

Let X be a projective irreducible symplectic manifold and L be a non trivial nef divisor on X. Assume that the nef dimension of L is strictly less than the dimension of X. We prove that L is semiample. Partially supported by Grant-in-Aid no. 15740002 (Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences)     

Stable Maps and Branch Divisors

We construct a natural branch divisor for equidimensional projective morphisms where the domain has lci singularities and the target is nonsingular. The method involves generalizing a divisor construction of Mumford from sheaves to complexes. The construction is valid in flat families. The generalized branch divisor of a stable map to a nonsingular curve X yields a canonical morphism from the space of stable maps to a symmetric product of X. This branch morphism (together with virtual localization) is used to compute the Hurwitz numbers of covers of the projective line for all genera and degrees in terms of Hodge integrals.     

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.     

Rational classes and divisors on curves of genus 2

We describe a method of looking for rational divisor classes on a curve of genus 2. We have an algorithm to decide if a given class of divisors of degree 3 contains a rational divisor. It is known that the shape of the kernel of Cassel’s morphism (X − T) is related to the existence of rational classes of degree 1. Our key tool is the dual Kummer surface.V. G. L. Neumann supported by CNPq, Brazil     

Bipolarized threefolds with hyperelliptic curve sections

A classification of smooth complex projective threefoldsX polarized by two very ample line bundlesL andM is given, under the assumption that two general elements of |L| and |M| intersect transversally along a smooth hyperelliptic curve.

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Sunto Si fornisce una classificazione delle terne (X,L,M), doveX è una varietà algebrica proiettiva complessa liscia di dimensione 3 edL,M sono due fibrati lineari molto ampi suX, tali che l’intersezione di due elementi generici di |L| ed |M| sia una curva iperellittica.

     

Non-special divisors on real algebraic curves and embeddings into real projective spaces

We show that there is a large class of non-special divisors of relatively small degree on a given real algebraic curve. If the real algebraic curve has many real components, such a divisor gives rise to an embedding (birational embedding, resp.) of the real algebraic curve into the real projective space ℙ ^r for r≥3 (r=2, resp.). We study these embeddings in quite some detail. Received: October 17, 2001?Published online: February 20, 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.     

Special inner projections of projective varieties

LetX⊃P ^r be a non-degenerate variety and Γ(X) the closure inX of the set of all pointsP∈X such that the projection ofX fromP is not birational. Here we study the irreducible components of Γ(X), using proofs and ideas contained in a paper by Calabri and Ciliberto concerning the outer non birational projections. The author was partially supported by MIUR and GNSAGA of INdAM (Italy).     

Small bound for birational automorphism groups of algebraic varieties (with an Appendix by Yujiro Kawamata)

We give an effective upper bound of |Bir(X)| for the birational automorphism group of an irregular n-fold (with n = 3) of general type in terms of the volume V = V(X) under an “albanese smoothness and simplicity” condition. To be precise, . An optimum linear bound is obtained for those threefolds with non-maximal albanese dimension. For all n ≥ 3, a bound is obtained when alb _X is generically finite, alb(X) is smooth and Alb(X) is simple. The author is supported by an Academic Research Fund of NUS.     

The singular locus of the secant varieties of a smooth projective curve

Let X be a smooth irreducible non-degenerated projective curve in some projective space P^N. Let r be a positive integer such that 2r + 1 < N and let S_r(X) be the r-th secant variety of X. It is a variety of dimension 2r + 1. In this paper we prove that the singular locus is the (r - 1)-th secant variety S_{r- 1}(X) if X does not have any (2r + 2)-secant 2r-space divisor. Received: 26 November 2002     

Ample subvarieties and rationally connected fibrations

Under some positivity assumptions, extension properties of rationally connected fibrations from a submanifold to its ambient variety are studied. Given a family of rational curves on a complex projective manifold X inducing a covering family on a submanifold Y with ample normal bundle in X, the main results relate, under suitable conditions, the associated rational connected fiber structures on X and on Y. Applications of these results include an extension theorem for Mori contractions of fiber type and a classification theorem in the case Y has a structure of projective bundle or quadric fibration. All authors acknowledge support by MIUR National Research Project “Geometry on Algebraic Varieties” (Cofin 2004). The research of the second author was partially supported by NSF grants DMS 0111298 and DMS 0548325. The third author acknowledges partial support by the University of Milan (FIRST 2003).     

On log canonical divisors that are log quasi-numerically positive

Let (X Δ) be a four-dimensional log variety that is projective over the field of complex numbers. Assume that (X, Δ) is not Kawamata log terminal (klt) but divisorial log terminal (dlt). First we introduce the notion of “log quasi-numerically positive”, by relaxing that of “numerically positive”. Next we prove that, if the log canonical divisorK _X+Δ is log quasi-numerically positive on (X, Δ) then it is semi-ample.     

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     

A criterion of openness of a family of nef line bundles

Letf:X→S be a projective morphism of noetherian schemes andL a line bundle onX. In this note we will give a condition for openness of the setS _L ^nef ={∈S‖L _s is nef onX _s }. This article was processed by the author using the Springer-Verlag TEX mamath macro package 1990     

Vector bundles as direct images of line bundles

LetX be a smooth irreducible projective variety over an algebraically closed fieldK andE a vector bundle onX. We prove that, if dimX ≥ 1, there exist a smooth irreducible projective varietyZ overK, a surjective separable morphismf:Z →X which is finite outside an algebraic subset of codimension ≥ 3 inX and a line bundleL onX such that the direct image ofL byf is isomorphic toE. WhenX is a curve, we show thatZ, f, L can be so chosen thatf is finite and the canonical mapH ¹(Z, O) →H ¹(X, EndE) is surjective. Dedicated to the memory of Professor K G Ramanathan     

A Remark on Characterizations of Projective Spaces among Singular Varieties

Let X be a projective variety of dimension n ≥ 2 with at worst log-terminal singularities and let be an ample vector bundle of rank r. By partially extending previous results due to Andreatta and Wiśniewski in the smooth case, we prove that if r = n then , while if r = n − 1 and X has only isolated singularities, then either or n = 2 and X is the quadric cone Q ₂. Received: April 20, 2006. Revised: April 5, 2007.     

Fano 3-folds with divisible anticanonical class

We show the nonvanishing of H ⁰(X,−K _X ) for any a Fano 3-fold X for which −K _X is a multiple of another Weil divisor in Cl(X). The main case we study is Fano 3-folds with Fano index 2: that is, 3-folds X with rank Pic(X)=1, -factorial terminal singularities and −K _X  = 2A for an ample Weil divisor A. We give a first classification of all possible Hilbert series of such polarised varieties (X,A) and deduce both the nonvanishing of H ⁰(X,−K _X ) and the sharp bound (−K _X )³≥ 8/165. We find the families that can be realised in codimension up to 4.