Given an invertible sheaf, does it come from a Cartier divisor? This might fail in presence of embedded components. I give some examples and characterize those invertible sheaves that allow a Cartier divisor.
In the previous paper [7], we introduced a notion of pairs of adelic R-Cartier divisors and R-base conditions. The purpose of this paper is to propose an extended notion of adelic R-Cartier divisors that we call an l1-adelic R-Cartier divisors, and to show that the arithmetic volume function defined on the space of pairs of l1-adelic R-Cartier divisors and R-base conditions is continuous along the directions of l1-adelic R-Cartier divisors.
Consider a one-parameter family of algebraic varieties degenerating to a reducible one. Our main result is a formula for the fundamental cycle of the limit subscheme of any family of effective Cartier divisors. The formula expresses this cycle as a sum of Cartier divisors, not necessarily effective, of the components of the limit variety.
The main goal of this paper is to show that the notions of Weil and Cartier $\mathbb{Q}$-divisors coincide for $V$-manifolds and give a procedure to express a rational Weil divisor as a rational Cartier divisor. The theory is illustrated on weighted projective spaces and weighted blow-ups.
In this paper, we introduce positivity notions for pairs of adelic R-Cartier divisors and R-base conditions, and study fundamental properties of the arithmetic volumes defined for such pairs. We show that the Gateaux derivatives of the arithmetic volume function at big pairs along the directions of adelic R-Cartier divisors are given by suitable arithmetic positive intersection numbers. As a corollary, we obtain an Arakelov theoretic analogue of the Bonnesen-Diskant inequality in convex geometry.
In this paper, we give a numerical characterization of nef arithmetic R-Cartier divisors of C^0-type on an arithmetic surface. Namely an arithmetic R-Cartier divisor D of C^0-type is nef if and only if D is pseudo-effective and deg(D^2) = vol(D).
We shall investigate flipping contractions from a semi-stable 4-fold $X$ whose degenerate fiber is a union of Cartier divisors which are terminal factorial 3-folds. Especially we shall prove that $X$ is smooth along the flipping locus, and that the flip exists for such contractions.
In algebraic geometry, theorems of Küronya and Lozovanu characterize the ampleness and the nefness of a Cartier divisor on a projective variety in terms of the shapes of its associated Okounkov bodies. We prove the analogous result in the context of Arakelov geometry, showing that the arithmetic ampleness and nefness of an adelic $\mathbb{R}$-Cartier divisor $\overline{D}$ are determined by arithmetic Okounkov bodies in the sense of Boucksom and Chen. Our main results generalize to arbitrary projective varieties criteria for the positivity of toric metrized $\mathbb{R}$-divisors on toric varie…
Let $X$ be a complete algebraic variety over {\bf C}. We consider a log variety $(X,Δ)$ that is weakly Kawamata log terminal. We assume that $K_X+Δ$ is a {\bf Q}-Cartier {\bf Q}-divisor and that every irreducible component of $\lfloor Δ\rfloor$ is {\bf Q}-Cartier. A nef and big Cartier divisor $H$ on $X$ is called {\it nef and log big} on $(X,Δ)$ if $H |_B$ is nef and big for every center $B$ of non-"Kawamata log terminal" singularities for $(X,Δ)$. We prove that, if $L$ is a nef Cartier divisor such that $aL-(K_X+Δ)$ is nef and log big on $(X,Δ)$ for some $a \in$ {\bf N}, then the complete li…
We generalize to all normal complex algebraic varieties the valuative characterization of multiplier ideals due to Boucksom-Favre-Jonsson in the smooth case. To that end, we extend the log discrepancy function to the space of all real valuations, and prove that it satisfies an adequate properness property, building upon previous work by Jonsson-Mustaţă. We next give an alternative definition of the concept of numerically Cartier divisors previously introduced by the first three authors, and prove that numerically Q-Cartier divisors coincide with Q-Cartier divisors for rational singularities. T…
Some divisor class relations are proved and used to compute the Cartier divisor class of the virtual canonical bundle for genus 0 maps to a smooth target.
We compute divisors class groups of singular surfaces. Most notably we produce an exact sequence that relates the Cartier divisors and almost Cartier divisors of a surface to the those of its normalization. This generalizes Hartshorne's theorem for the cubic ruled surface in P^3. We apply these results to limit the possible curves that can be set-theoretic complete intersection in P^3 in characteristic zero.
Generalizing cones over projective toric varieties, we present arbitrary toric varieties as quotients of quasiaffine toric varieties. Such quotient presentations correspond to groups of Weil divisors generating the topology. Groups comprising Cartier divisors define free quotients, whereas $\QQ$-Cartier divisors define geometric quotients. Each quotient presentation yields homogeneous coordinates. Using homogeneous coordinates, we express quasicoherent sheaves in terms of multigraded modules and describe the set of morphisms into a toric variety.
The birational classification of varieties inevitably leads to the study of singularities. The types of singularities that occur in this context have been studied by Mori, Kollár, Reid, and others, beginning in the 1980s with the introduction of the minimal model program. Normal singularities that are terminal, canonical, log terminal, and log canonical, and their non-normal counterparts, are typically studied using a resolution of singularities (or a semiresolution) and finding numerical conditions that relate the canonical class of the variety to that of its resolution. In order to do this, …
We consider the operation of intersecting with a locally principal Cartier divisor (i.e., a Cartier divisor which is principal on some neighborhood of its support). We describe this operation explicitly on the level of cycles and rational equivalences and as a corollary obtain a formula for rational equivalence between intersections of two locally principal Cartier divisors. Such canonical rational equivalence applies quite naturally to the setting of algebraic stacks. We present two applications: (i) a simplification of the development of Fulton-MacPherson-style intersection theory on Deligne…
The main object of the present paper is a numerical criterion determining when a Weil divisor of a $\Q$--factorial complete toric variety admits a positive multiple Cartier divisor which is either numerically effective (nef) or ample. It is a consequence of $\Z$--linear interpretation of Gale duality and se\-con\-dary fan as developed in several previous papers of us. As a byproduct we get a computation of the Cartier index of a Weil divisor and a numerical characterization of weak $\Q$--Fano, $\Q$--Fano, Gorenstein, weak Fano and Fano toric varieties. Several examples are then given and studi…
Let $(X, Δ)$ be a log pair in characteristic $p>0$ and $P$ be a (not necessarily closed) point of $X$. We show that there exists a constant $δ>0$ such that $τ(X, Δ)_P= τ(X, Δ+ D)_P$ for each effective $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier divisor $D$ with $\mathrm{mult}_P(D) <δ$. As its application, we show that if $D$ is an $\mathbb{R}$-Cartier divisor on a strongly $F$-regular projective variety, then the non-nef locus of $D$ coincides with the restricted base locus of $D$. This is a generalization of a result of Mustaţǎ to the singular case and can be viewed as a characteristic $p$ analogue of a result of C…
This note describes a Macaulay2 package for handling divisors. Group operations for divisors are included. There are methods for converting divisors to reflexive or invertible sheaves. Additionally, there are methods for checking whether divisors are Cartier, $Q$-Cartier, simple normal crossings, generate base point free linear systems, or satisfy numerous other conditions.
For a smooth projective variety $P$, we construct a Cartier divisor supported on the incidence locus in $\mathscr{C}_a (P) \times \mathscr{C}_{\dim(P)-a-1}(P)$. There is a natural definition of the corresponding line bundle on a product of Hilbert schemes, and we show this bundle descends to the Chow varieties. This answers a question posed by Mazur.
A normal projective variety X is called Fano if a multiple of the anticanonical Weil divisor, -K_X, is an ample Cartier divisor, the index of a Fano variety is the number i(X):=sup{t: -K_X= tH, for some ample Cartier divisor H}. Mukai announced, the classification of smooth Fano manifolds X of index i(X)=n-2, under the assumption that the linear system |H| contains a smooth divisor. In this paper we prove that this assumption is always satisfied. Therefore the result of Mukai provide a complete classification of smooth Fano n-folds of index $i(X)=n-2$, Mukai manifolds.
The volume of a Cartier divisor on a projective variety is a nonnegative real number that measures the asymptotic growth of sections of multiples of the divisor. It is known that the set of these numbers is countable and has the structure of a multiplicative semigroup. At the same time it still remains unknown which nonnegative real algebraic numbers arise as volumes of Cartier divisors on some variety. Here we extend a construction first used by Cutkosky, and use the theory of real multiplication on abelian varieties to obtain a large class of examples of algebraic volumes. We also show that …
Parametrization of positroid cells by Dubrovin-Natanzon Cartier divisors on maximal Mumford curves
Università di Bologna(博洛尼亚大学);INFN Sezione di Bologna(意大利国家核物理研究所博洛尼部分所);Steklov International Mathematical Center(斯特克洛夫国际数学中心);Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation(俄罗斯联邦科学与高等教育部);Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences(俄罗斯科学院斯特克洛夫数学研究所);L.D. Landau Institute for theoretical Physics, of Russian Academy of Sciences(俄罗斯科学院列夫·朗道理论物理研究所);Lomonosov Moscow State University(莫斯科罗蒙诺索夫国立大学)
We first introduce a weak type of Zariski decomposition in higher dimensions: an $\R$-Cartier divisor has a weak Zariski decomposition if birationally and in a numerical sense it can be written as the sum of a nef and an effective $\R$-Cartier divisor. We then prove that there is a very basic relation between Zariski decompositions and log minimal models which has long been expected: we prove that assuming the log minimal model program in dimension $d-1$, a lc pair $(X/Z,B)$ of dimension $d$ has a log minimal model if and only if $K_X+B$ has a weak Zariski decomposition$/Z$.
In an earlier paper we constructed a Cartier divisor on the theta divisor of a principally polarised abelian variety whose support is precisely the ramification locus of the Gauss map. In this note we discuss a Green's function associated to this locus. For jacobians we relate this Green's function to the canonical Green's function of the corresponding Riemann surface.
Any ample Cartier divisor D on a projective variety X is strictly nef (i.e. D.C>0 for any effective curve C on X). In general, the converse statement does not hold. But this is conjectured to be true for anticanonical divisors. The present paper establishes this fact for normal complex projective threefolds with canonical singularities. This result extends several previously known special cases. The proof rests mainly on sophisticated techniques of three dimensional birational geometry developed in the last two decades.
The effectivity up to R-linear equivalence (Dirichlet property) of pseudoeffective adelic R-Cartier divisors is a subtle problem in arithmetic geometry. In this article, we propose sufficient conditions for the Dirichlet property by using the dynamic system in the classic Arakelov geometry setting. We also give a numerical criterion of the Dirichlet property for adelic R-Cartier divisors on curves over a trivially valued field.
Let $X$ be a normal projective variety. A surjective endomorphism $f:X\to X$ is int-amplified if $f^\ast L - L =H$ for some ample Cartier divisors $L$ and $H$. This is a generalization of the so-called polarized endomorphism which requires that $f^*H\sim qH$ for some ample Cartier divisor $H$ and $q>1$. We show that this generalization keeps all nice properties of the polarized case in terms of the singularity, canonical divisor, and equivariant minimal model program.
Let $X$ be a complete normal variety, $B$ an effective $\mathbb{R}$-divisor on $X$, and $D$ a Cartier divisor on $X$. Assume that the pair $(X, B)$ is log terminal. We consider the problem whether $H^0(X, D) \ne 0$ and obtain some results in lower dimensions.
We investigate properties of potentially Du Bois singularities, that is, those that occur on the underlying space of a Du Bois pair. We show that a normal variety $X$ with potentially Du Bois singularities and Cartier canonical divisor $K_X$ is necessarily log canonical, and hence Du Bois. As an immediate corollary, we obtain the Lipman-Zariski conjecture for varieties with potentially Du Bois singularities. We also show that for a normal surface singularity, the notions of Du Bois and potentially Du Bois singularities coincide. In contrast, we give an example showing that in dimension at leas…
Let $X$ be a variety with at most terminal $\mathbb Q$-factorial singularities of dimension $n$. We study local contractions $f:X\to Z$ supported by a $\mathbb Q$-Cartier divisor of the type $K_X+ τL$, where $L$ is an $f$-ample Cartier divisor and $τ\geq 0$ is a rational number. Equivalently, $f$ is a Fano-Mori contraction associated to an extremal face in $\overline {NE(X)}_{K_X+τL = 0}$; these maps naturally arise in the context of the minimal model program. We prove that, if $τ> (n-3) >0$, the general element $X' \in |L|$ is a variety with at most terminal singularities. Then we apply this …
We prove an analogue of the Lefschetz (1,1) Theorem characterizing cohomology classes of Cartier divisors (or equivalently first Chern classes of line bundles) in the second integral cohomology. Let $X$ be a normal complex projective variety. We show that the classes of Cartier divisors in $H^2(X,Z)$ are precisely the classes $x$ such that (i) the image of $x$ in $H^2(X,C)$ (cohomology with complex coefficients) lies in $F^1 H^2(X,C)$ (first level of the Hodge filtration for Deligne's mixed Hodge structure), and (ii) $x$ is Zariski-locally trivial, i.e., there is a covering of $X$ by Zariski o…
We introduce an adelic Cartier divisor over a trivially valued field and discuss the bigness of it. For bigness, we give the integral representation of the arithmetic volume and prove the existence of limit of it. Moreover, we show that the arithmetic volume is continuous and log concave.
We investigate the vanishing of $H^1(X,\mathcal{O}_X(-D))$ for a big and nef $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier $\mathbb{Z}$-divisor $D$ on a log del Pezzo surface $(X,Δ)$ over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$.
Let $(X,Δ)$ be a proper dlt pair and $L$ a nef Cartier divisor such that $aL-(K_X+Δ)$ is nef and log big on $(X,Δ)$ for some $a\in {\mathbb Z}_{>0}$. Then $|mL|$ is base point free for every $m\gg 0$.
Let f : X --> Y be a projective morphism of smooth algebraic varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero with dim f = 1. Let E be a vector bundle of rank r on X. In this paper, we would like to show that if X_y is smooth and E_y is semistable for some point y of Y, then f_* (2r c_2(E) - (r-1) c_1(E)^2) is weakly positive at y. We apply this result to obtain the following description of the cone of weakly positive $\QQ$-Cartier divisors on the moduli space of stable curves. Let M_g (resp. M_g^0) be the moduli space of stable (resp. smooth) curves of genus g >= 2. Let h b…
Let $X$ be a projective variety over an algebraically closed field $k$ of arbitrary characteristic $p \ge 0$. A surjective endomorphism $f$ of $X$ is $q$-polarized if $f^\ast H \sim qH$ for some ample Cartier divisor $H$ and integer $q > 1$. Suppose $f$ is separable and $X$ is $\mathbb{Q}$-Gorenstein and normal. We show that the anti-canonical divisor $-K_X$ is numerically equivalent to an effective $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier divisor, strengthening slightly the conclusion of Boucksom, de Fernex and Favre (Theorem C) and also covering singular varieties over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary…
Using the theory of Frobenius singularities, we show that 13mK_X + 45mA is very ample for an ample Cartier divisor A on a Kawamata log terminal surface X with Gorenstein index m, defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p>5.
In this paper we study a notion of volume for Cartier divisors on arbitrary blow-ups of normal complex algebraic varieties of dimension greater than one, with a distinguished point. We apply this to study a volume for normal isolated singularities, generalizing work on surfaces done by Wahl. We also compare this volume of isolated singularities to a different generalization due to Boucksom, de Fernex and Favre.
We prove two theorems on the locally finite decompositions of the cones of divisors by the cones which correspond to canonical and minimal models. We introduce the concept of the numerical linear systems in order to simplify the argument on the Zariski decompositions.
We study the cones of q-ample divisors on smooth complex varieties. In favourable cases, we identify a part where the closure of this cone and the nef cone have the same boundary. This is especially interesting for Fano (or almost Fano) varieties.
We show that for a smooth projective variety $X$ over a field $k$ and a reduced effective Cartier divisor $D \subset X$, the Chow group of 0-cycles with modulus $\mathrm{CH}_0(X|D)$ coincides with the Suslin homology $H^S_0(X \setminus D)$ under some necessary conditions on $k$ and $D$. We derive several consequences, and we answer to a question of Barbieri-Viale and Kahn.
Serrrano's Conjecture says that if $L$ is a strictly nef line bundle on a smooth projective variety $X$, then $K_X+tL$ is ample for $ t > dim X+1$. In this paper I will prove a few cases of this conjecture. I will also prove a generalized version of this conjecture (due to Campana, Chen and Peternell) for surfaces. In the last section, assuming the SHGH conjecture, I will give a series of examples of strictly nef non ample divisors on surfaces of arbitary Kodaira dimension.
A generalized Euler sequence over a complete normal variety X is the unique extension of the trivial bundle V \otimes O_X by the sheaf of differentials Ω_X, given by the inclusion of a linear space V in Ext^1(O_X,Ω_X). For Λ, a lattice of Cartier divisors, let R_Λdenote the corresponding sheaf associated to V spanned by the first Chern classes of divisors in Λ. We prove that any projective, smooth variety on which the bundle R_Λsplits into a direct sum of line bundles is toric. We describe the bundle R_Λin terms of the sheaf of differentials on the characteristic space of the Cox ring, provide…
We show that conformal blocks divisors of type B_r and D_r at level one are effective sums of boundary divisors of $\bar{M}_{0,n}$. We also prove that the conformal blocks divisor of type $B_r$ at level 1 with weights (ω_1,\dots,ω_1) scales linearly with the level.
The Tate conjecture for divisors on varieties over number fields is equivalent to finiteness of $\ell$-primary torsion in the Brauer group. We show that this finiteness is actually uniform in one-dimensional families for varieties that satisfy the Tate conjecture for divisors -- e.g. abelian varieties and $K3$ surfaces.