most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-06-19T06:09:58Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/13386 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/13386/nefness-of-h-e-in-the-blowup-of-mathbbpn Fulvio 2010-01-29T17:43:18Z 2013-01-25T11:07:23Z

<p>Let $S$ be the blow up of $\mathbb{P}^n$ in a point $P$. Let $h$ be the class of the pullback of an hyperplane of $\mathbb{P}^n$ and $e$ the class of the exceptional divisor. Why is the divisor $l=h-e$ nef? Thank you very much!</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/13386/nefness-of-h-e-in-the-blowup-of-mathbbpn/13398#13398 Emerton 2010-01-29T18:50:08Z 2010-01-29T18:50:08Z

<p>We can choose a representative of $h$ which is the preimage of a hyperplane $H$ passing through $P$. This preimage is then equal to $\tilde{H} + E$, where $\tilde{H}$ is the proper transform of $H$ and $E$ is the exceptional divisor. Thus $\tilde{H}$ is a representative for $h - e,$ and is an effective divisor.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/13386/nefness-of-h-e-in-the-blowup-of-mathbbpn/13430#13430 jvp 2010-01-29T22:36:04Z 2010-01-29T22:36:04Z

<p>Not every effective divisor is nef. By definition a divisor is nef if it intersects every curve non-negativelly. For instance the exceptional divisor $E$ is effective but not nef as it intersects any line contained in it negatively.</p> <p>To see that $\tilde H$ is nef one can use Emerton's argument to show that the linear system $|\tilde H|$ is free from base points since it contains all the strict transforms of hyperplanes through $P$. So given a curve $C \subset S$ we can choose among these strict transforms one which does not contain $C$ to show that $\tilde H \cdot C \ge 0$.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/13386/nefness-of-h-e-in-the-blowup-of-mathbbpn/13543#13543 Fei YE 2010-01-31T04:47:40Z 2010-01-31T04:47:40Z

<p>As a complement to JVP's answer, here is a direct proof to that $\tilde{H}\cdot C\geq 0$.</p> <p>Note that nefness is numerically invariant. To check the nefness of $h-e$, we only need to show that for any irreducible curve $C$ in the blowing-up, the intersection number $(h-e)\cdot C$ is nonnegative. If $C$ is not contained in $e$. then the image of $C$, denoted by $D$, is still a curve. In this case, by projection formular, $(h-e)\cdot C=H\cdot D\geq 0$, where $H$ is any hyperplane in $\mathbb{P}^n$. In the case $C$ is contained in $e$, $h\cdot C =0$ however $-e\cdot C =-\deg N_{e/X}|C=1$, where $N_{e/X}$ is the normal bundle of the exceptional divisor in the blowing up $X$. Therefore $h-e$ is nef. </p>