Albanese homomorphism of the Chow group of 0-cycles of a real Algebraic variety

We study a certain homomorphism of the Chow group of 0-cycles of degree zero of a real algebraic variety into the group of real points of the Albanese variety; this homomorphism is obtained from the Albanese mapping for the corresponding variety. The kernel of this homomorphism is calculated and estimates for the kernel of the mapping of the torsion groups are obtained. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 76–83, January, 1999.     

Algebraic entropy and the action of mapping class groups on character varieties

We extend the definition of algebraic entropy to endomorphisms of affine varieties. We then calculate the algebraic entropy of the action of elements of mapping class groups on various character varieties, and show that it is equal to a quantity we call the spectral radius, a generalization of the dilatation of a pseudo-Anosov mapping class. Our calculations are compatible with all known calculations of the topological entropy of this action.     

Chow group of 1-cycles on the moduli space of vector bundles of rank 2 over a curve

Let X be a non-singular complex projective curve of genus ≥3. Choose a point x ∈ X. Let M_x be the moduli space of stable bundles of rank 2 with determinant We prove that the Chow group CH^Q₁(M_x) of 1-cycles on M_x with rational coefficients is isomorphic to CH^Q₀(X). By studying the rational curves on M_x, it is not difficult to see that there exits a natural homomorphism CH₀(J)→CH₁(M_x) where J denotes the Jacobian of X. The crucial point is to show that this homomorphism induces a homomorphism CH₀(X)→CH₁(M_x), namely, to go from the infinite dimensional object CH₀(J) to the finite dimensional object CH₀(X). This is proved by relating the degeneration of Hecke curves on M_x to the second term I^*2 of Bloch's filtration on CH₀(J). Insong Choe was supported by KOSEF (R01-2003-000-11634-0).     

Generalized Poincaré Classes and Cubic Equivalences

Let Y be a smooth projective algebraic surface over ?, and T(Y) the kernel of the Albanese map CH₀(Y)_deg0 → Alb(Y). It was first proven by D. Mumford that if the genus Pg(Y) > 0, then T(Y) is 'infinite dimensional'. One would like to have a better idea about the structure of T(Y). For example, if Y is dominated by a product of curves E₁ × E₂, such as an abelian or a Kummer surface, then one can easily construct an abelian variety B and a surjective 'regular' homomorphism B^?z2 → T(Y). A similar story holds for the case where Y is the Fano surface of lines on a smooth cubic hypersurface in P⁴. This implies a sort of boundedness result for T(Y). It is natural to ask if this is the case for any smooth projective algebraic surface Y ? Partial results have been attained in this direction by the author [Illinois. J. Math. 35 (2), 1991]. In this paper, we show that the answer to this question is in general no. Furthermore, we generalize this question to the case of the Chow group of k—cycles on any projective algebraic manifold X, and arrive at, from a conjectural standpoint, necessary and sufficient cohomological conditions on X for which the question can be answered affirmatively.     

Resultants and the algebraicity of the join pairing on Chow varieties

The Chow/Van der Waerden approach to algebraic cycles via resultants is used to give a purely algebraic proof for the algebraicity of the complex suspension. The algebraicity of the join pairing on Chow varieties then follows. The approach implies a more algebraic proof of Lawson's complex suspension theorem in characteristic 0. The continuity of the action of the linear isometries operad on the group completion of the stable Chow variety is a consequence.

     

Moduli of sheaves and the Chow group of K3 surfaces

Let X be a projective complex K  3 surface. Beauville and Voisin singled out a 0-cycle _cX$c_X$ on X of degree 1 and Huybrechts proved that the second Chern class of a rigid simple vector-bundle on X   is a multiple of _cX$c_X$ if certain hypotheses hold. We believe that the following generalization of Huybrechts? result holds. Let M be a moduli space of stable pure sheaves on X with fixed cohomological Chern character: the set whose elements are second Chern classes of sheaves parametrized by the closure of M (in the corresponding moduli spaces of semistable sheaves) depends only on the dimension of M. We will prove that the above statement holds under some additional assumptions on the Chern character.     

Tame group actions on central simple algebras

We study actions of linear algebraic groups on finite-dimensional central simple algebras. We describe the fixed algebra for a broad class of such actions.     

Finite group action and Gromov-Witten invariants in symplectic four-manifolds

Let a finite group act semi-freely on a closed symplectic four-manifold with a 2-dimensional fixed point set. Then we show that the relative Gromov-Witten invariants are the same as the invariants on the quotient set-up with respect to the fixed point set.     

Geometric bounds on the linearization domain and analytic dependence on parameters for families of analytic vector fields in a neighborhood of a singular point

We study families of holomorphic vector fields, holomorphically depending on parameters, in a neighborhood of an isolated singular point. When the singular point is in the Poincaré domain for every vector field of the family we prove, through a modification of classical Sternberg's linearization argument, cf. Nelson (1969) [7] too, analytic dependence on parameters of the linearizing maps and geometric bounds on the linearization domain: each vector field of the family is linearizable inside the smallest Euclidean sphere which is not transverse to the vector field, cf. Brushlinskaya (1971) [2], Ilyashenko and Yakovenko (2008) [5] for related results. We also prove, developing ideas in Martinet (1980) [6], a version of Brjuno's Theorem in the case of linearization of families of vector fields near a singular point of Siegel type, and apply it to study some 1-parameter families of vector fields in two dimensions.     

The reduced spaces of a symplectic Lie group action

There exist three main approaches to reduction associated to canonical Lie group actions on a symplectic manifold, namely, foliation reduction, introduced by Cartan, Marsden-Weinstein reduction, and optimal reduction, introduced by the authors. When the action is free, proper, and admits a momentum map these three approaches coincide. The goal of this paper is to study the general case of a symplectic action that does not admit a momentum map and one needs to use its natural generalization, a cylinder valued momentum map introduced by Condevaux et al. In this case it will be shown that the three reduced spaces mentioned above do not coincide, in general. More specifically, the Marsden-Weinstein reduced spaces are not symplectic but Poisson and their symplectic leaves are given by the optimal reduced spaces. Foliation reduction produces a symplectic reduced space whose Poisson quotient by a certain Lie group associated to the group of symmetries of the problem equals the Marsden-Weinstein reduced space. We illustrate these constructions with concrete examples, special emphasis being given to the reduction of a magnetic cotangent bundle of a Lie group in the situation when the magnetic term ensures the non-existence of the momentum map for the lifted action. The precise relation of the cylinder valued momentum map with group valued momentum maps for Abelian Lie groups is also given.     

KO-obstructions of non-abelian group action on spin manifolds

In this paper, we give some KO-obstructions of non-Abelian group action on spin manifolds. These are closely related to the existence of metrics of positive scalar curvature on spin manifolds.     

A note on the Chow groups of projective determinantal varieties; an appendix to the paper by Grzegorz Kapustka and Michal Kapustka on “A cascade of determinantal Calabi‐Yau threefolds”

We investigate the Chow groups of projective determinantal varieties and those of their strata of matrices of fixed rank, using Chern class computations (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On the picard group and the brauer group of a real algebraic surface

The map of the Brauer group of a real algebraic surface to the invariant part of the Brauer group of its complexification is studied. In this study, the real cycle map of the Picard group is used. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 211–220, February, 2000.     

The Brauer group of a noncomplete real algebraic surface

The Brauer group of a noncomplete real algebraic surface is calculated. The calculations make use of equivariant cohomology. The resulting formula is similar to the formula for a complete surface, but the proof is substantially different. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 355–359, March, 2000.     

Actions of Solvable Algebraic Groups on Central Simple Algebras

Let k be an algebraically closed base field of arbitrary characteristic. In this paper, we study actions of a connected solvable linear algebraic group G on a central simple algebra Q. The main result is the following: Q can be split G-equivariantly by a finite-dimensional splitting field, provided that G acts “algebraically,” i.e., provided that Q contains a G-stable order on which the action is rational. As an application, it is shown that rational torus actions on prime PI-algebras are induced by actions on commutative domains. Presented by Paul Smith.     

Cohomology of line bundles on Schubert varieties: The rank two case

In this paper we describe vanishing and non-vanishing of cohomology of “most” line bundles over Schubert subvarieties of flag varieties for rank 2 semisimple algebraic groups.     

The nonexistence of sensitive commutative group actions on dendrites

In this paper, using the integral method observed by Mai Jiehua recently, we show that no dendrite admits a sensitive commutative group action.