Characteristic classes of flat bundles, II

On a smooth varietyX defined over a fieldK of characteristic zero, one defines characteristic classes of bundles with an integrableK-connection in a group lifting the Chow group, which map, whenK is the field of complex numbers andX is proper, to Cheeger-Simons' secondary analytic invariants, compatibly with the cycle map in the Deligne cohomology.     

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).     

Stable Vector Bundles as Generators of the Chow Ring

In this paper we show that the family of stable vector bundles gives a set of generators for the Chow ring, the K-theory and the derived category of any smooth projective variety.     

Betti Numbers of parabolic U(2,1)-Higgs bundles moduli spaces

Let X be a compact Riemann surface together with a finite set of marked points. We use Morse theoretic techniques to compute the Betti numbers of the parabolic U(2,1)-Higgs bundles moduli spaces over X. We give examples for one marked point showing that the Poincaré polynomials depend on the system of weights of the parabolic bundle.      

On Chow Groups of G-Graded Rings

Abstract

Let A be a Noetherian ring graded by a finitely generated Abelian group G. It is shown that a Chow group A _?(A) of A is determined by cycles and a rational equivalence with respect to certain G-graded ideals of A. In particular, A _?(A) is isomorphic to the equivariant Chow group of A if G is torsion free.     

Algebraic cuts

In this note we give an algebraic version of a construction called symplectic cutting, which is due to Lerman. Our construction is valid for projective varieties defined over arbitrary fields. Using the equivariant intersection theory developed by the authors, it is a useful tool for studying quotients by torus actions. At the end of the paper, we give an algebraic proof of the Kalkman residue formula and use it to give some formulas for characteristic numbers of quotients.

     

Eigenvalues of products of unitary matrices and Lagrangian involutions

This paper introduces a submanifold of the moduli space of unitary representations of the fundamental group of a punctured sphere with fixed local monodromy. The submanifold is defined via products of involutions through Lagrangian subspaces. We show that the moduli space of Lagrangian representations is a Lagrangian submanifold of the moduli of unitary representations.     

A Remark on the Rank Conjecture

We prove a result about the action of -operations on the homology of linear groups. We use this to give a sharper formulation of the rank conjecture as well as some shorter proofs of various known results. We formulate a conjecture about how the sharper formulation of the rank conjecture together with another conjecture could give rise to a different point of view on the isomorphism between and K_n^{(p)} (F)$ for an infinite field F, and we prove part of this new conjecture.     

Relations Among Heegner Cycles on Families of Abelian Surfaces

We compute relations of rational equivalence among special codimension 2 cycles on families of Abelian surfaces using elements of a higher Chow group. These relations are similar to those between Heegner points and special divisors obtained by Zagier, Van der Geer and others.     

PrincipalG-bundles on nodal curves

LetG be a connected semisimple affine algebraic group defined over C. We study the relation between stable, semistable G-bundles on a nodal curveY and representations of the fundamental group ofY. This study is done by extending the notion of (generalized) parabolic vector bundles to principal G-bundles on the desingularizationC ofY and using the correspondence between them and principal G-bundles onY. We give an isomorphism of the stack of generalized parabolic bundles onC with a quotient stack associated to loop groups. We show that if G is simple and simply connected then the Picard group of the stack of principal G-bundles onY is isomorphic to ⊕_m Z,m being the number of components ofY.     

Principal bundles on the projective line

We classify principalG-bundles on the projective line over an arbitrary fieldk of characteristic ≠ 2 or 3, whereG is a reductive group. If such a bundle is trivial at ak-rational point, then the structure group can be reduced to a maximal torus.     

The de Rham Bundle on a Compactification of Moduli Space of Abelian Varieties

In this paper, we show that the Chern classes c _k of the de Rham bundle defined on any good toroidal compactification of the moduli space of Abelian varieties of dimension g are zero in the rational Chow ring of , for g=4, 5 and k>0.     

The Groups H3(F(X)/FM) and CH2(X) for Generic Splitting Varieties of Quadratic Forms

Let F be a field of characteristic different from 2 and be a quadratic form over F. Let X be an arbitrary projective homogeneous generic splitting variety of . For example, we can take X to be equal to the variety X_,m of totally isotropic m-dimensional subspaces of V, where V is the quadratic space corresponding to and < dim V. In this paper, we study the groups CH²(X) and H³(F(X)/F) = ker(H ³(F) H ³(F(X))). One of the main results of this paper claims that the group Tors CH²(X) is always zero or isomorphic to . In many cases we prove that Tors CH²(X) = 0 and compute the group H ³(F(X)/F) completely. As an application of the main results, we give a criterion of motivic equivalence of eight-dimensional forms except for the case where the Schur indices of their Clifford algebras equal 4.     

Global branches of non-radially symmetric solutions to a semilinear Neumann problem in a disk

Let D⊂R² be a disk, and let f∈C³. We assume that there is a∈R such that f(a)=0 and f^′(a)>0. In this article, we are concerned with the Neumann problem

     

Parabolic bundles on algebraic surfaces I — The Donaldson-Uhlenbeck compactification

The aim of this paper is to construct the parabolic version of the Donaldson-Uhlenbeck compactification for the moduli space of parabolic stable bundles on an algebraic surface with parabolic structures along a divisor with normal crossing singularities. We prove the non-emptiness of the moduli space of parabolic stable bundles of rank 2.     

Singular pencils of quadrics and compactified Jacobians of curves

LetY be an irreducible nodal hyperelliptic curve of arithmetic genusg such that its nodes are also ramification points (char ≠2). To the curveY, we associate a family of quadratic forms which is dual to a singular pencil of quadrics in with Segre symbol [2...21...1], where the number of 2's is equal to the number of nodes. We show that the compactified Jacobian ofY is isomorphic to the spaceR of (g−1) dimensional linear subspaces of which are contained in the intersectionQ of quadrics of the pencil. We also prove that (under this isomorphism) the generalized Jacobian ofY is isomorphic to the open subset ofR consisting of the (g−1) dimensional subspaces not passing through any singular point ofQ.     

K-theory and intersection theory revisited

Another proof that the product structure on K-theory may be used to define the product structure on the Chow ring of a smooth variety over a field is presented. The virtue of this proof is that it is essentially a formal argument using natural properties of Quillen's spectral sequence, the K-theory product, cycle classes, and the classical intersection product.     

On multiply of sections of line bundles on compact Riemann surfaces

In this paper,we give some conditions on the surjective of multiply maps H~0(R,L)×H~0(R,K)→H~0(R,L(?)K).Here R is a compact Riemann surface,L a line bundle on R and K is the canonical line bundle.