Complexity of Chow varieties and number of morphisms on surfaces of general type

We provide a general estimate for the number of irreducible components of a Chow variety, the variety that parametrizes algebraic cycles of given dimension and degree contained in a projective variety. The result is then applied to obtain an upper bound for the finite number of surfaces of general type that are images of a fixed surface. Received: 29 January 1998 / Revised version: 24 June 1998     

Fourier transforms, generic vanishing theorems and polarizations of abelian varieties

The purpose of this paper is to give two applications of Fourier transforms and generic vanishing theorems: – we give a cohomological characterization of principal polarizations – we prove that if X an abelian variety and a polarization of type (1, ...,1,2), then a general pair is log canonical. Received 14 May, 1999 / Published online September 14, 2000     

Heights for line bundles on arithmetic varieties

Let X be an arithmetic variety and L be an element of the Néron-Severi group of its generic fiber X _K . Then there are only finitely many line bundles on X, generically belonging to L, such that the degrees of on the irreducible components of the special fibers of X and the height of are bounded. The concept of a height used here is recalled. Several elementary properties of this height are proven. Received: 9 March 1996     

A stratification of Hilbert schemes by initial ideals and applications

We show that the set of the homogeneous saturated ideals with given initial ideal in a fixed term-ordering is locally closed in the Hilbert scheme, and that it is affine if the initial ideal is saturated. Then, Hilbert schemes can be stratified using these subschemes. We investigate the behaviour of this stratification with respect to some properties of the closed points. As application, we describe the singular locus of the component of Hilb^{4 z +1} _ℙ4 containing the ACM curves of degree 4. Received: 30 November 1998 / Revised version: 16 September 1999     

On the divisor class group of double solids

For a double solid V→ℙ_3> branched over a surface B⊂ℙ₃(ℂ) with only ordinary nodes as singularities, we give a set of generators of the divisor class group in terms of contact surfaces of B with only superisolated singularities in the nodes of B. As an application we give a condition when H ^* (˜V , ℤ) has no 2-torsion. All possible cases are listed if B is a quartic. Furthermore we give a new lower bound for the dimension of the code of B. Received: 16 November 1998     

On singular fibres of Lagrangian fibrations over holomorphic symplectic manifolds

We classify singular fibres over general points of the discriminant locus of projective Lagrangian fibrations over 4-dimensional holomorphic symplectic manifolds. The singular fibre F is the following either one: F is isomorphic to the product of an elliptic curve and a Kodaira singular fibre up to finite unramified covering or F is a normal crossing variety consisting of several copies of a minimal elliptic ruled surface of which the dual graph is Dynkin diagram of type or . Moreover, we show all types of the above singular fibres actually occur. Received: 10 March 2000 / Revised version: 29 September 2000 / Published online: 24 September 2001     

On Macaulayfication of sheaves

Let X be a quasi-projective scheme and ℱ a coherent sheaf of modules over X such that its non-Cohen–Macaulay locus is at most one dimensional. We use and extend the techniques of Brodmann to construct proper birational morphisms of quasi-projective schemes f:Y→X and Cohen–Macaulay coherent sheaves of modules over Y that are isomorphic to the pull-back of ℱ away from the exceptional locus of f. Certain blow-ups of X at locally complete intersections subschemes which contain non-reduced scheme structures on the non-Cohen–Macaulay locus of ℱ are the main part of the construction. Received: 19 February 1998 / Revised version: 28 December 1998     

Polynomials on the Cauchy circle

Summary. Let be a complex polynomial of degree with and Cauchy radius 1 about the origin. We discuss the order of magnitude of the minimal number such that Previous estimates of are improved to . Some other related properties of these polynomials are also exhibited. Received March 3, 1993     

Multiplicity-free actions and the geometry of nilpotent orbits

Let G be a reductive Lie group. Take a maximal compact subgroup K of G and denote their Lie algebras by and respectively. We get a Cartan decomposition . Let be the complexification of , and the complexified decomposition. The adjoint action restricted to K preserves the space , hence acts on , where denotes the complexification of K. In this paper, we consider a series of small nilpotent -orbits in which are obtained from the dual pair ([R. Howe, Transcending classical invariant theory. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1989), no. 3, 535–552]). We explain astonishing simple structures of these nilpotent orbits using generalized null cones. For example, these orbits have a linear ordering with respect to the closure relation, and acts on them in multiplicity-free manner. We clarify the -module structure of the regular function ring of the closure of these nilpotent orbits in detail, and prove the normality. All these results naturally comes from the analysis on the null cone in a matrix spaceW , and the double fibration of nilpotent orbits in and . The classical invariant theory assures that the regular functions on our nilpotent orbits are coming from harmonic polynomials on W with repspect to or . We also provide many interesting examples of multiplicity-free actions on conic algebraic varieties. Received November 1, 1999 / Published online October 30, 2000     

On isomorphisms of blowing-ups of complete ideals¶of a rational surface singularity

Given a rational surface singularity (S,P), we relate S-isomorphism classes of normal blowing-ups of S and properties of semifactorization for complete ideals in . This relation is understood via the natural cell decomposition of the characteristic cone P˜(X/S), where X is a desingularization of S. Received: 1 April 1998 / Revised version: 2 July 1998     

On the fundamental group of the complement¶of certain affine hypersurfaces

Let and be two non-constant weighted homogeneous polynomials. Suppose that f and g are not powers of polynomials. Let p and q be two positive integers. In this paper, we calculate the fundamental group of the complement of the affine hypersurface in . In particular, we prove that the fundamental group is determined by p and q. Received: 29 January 1998