Calculating normal bundle - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-19T02:25:02Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/51290 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/51290/calculating-normal-bundle Calculating normal bundle Dung Nguyen 2011-01-06T08:40:24Z 2011-01-06T13:19:27Z <p>I just realize that even though I know what normal bundes are, I dont know how to compute them. The main objective is to show that a ration curve C on a quintic threefold doesnt move. If C is a line, then its normal bundle in the ambient space is $\mathcal O^{\oplus 3}(1)$. If we know that C is rigid on the quintic threefold, then its normal bundle, being a subundle of $\mathcal O^{\oplus 3}(1)$, must be $\mathcal O^{\oplus 2}(-1)$. But how do we prove this? What about higher degree rational curves?</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/51290/calculating-normal-bundle/51296#51296 Answer by inkspot for Calculating normal bundle inkspot 2011-01-06T12:06:06Z 2011-01-06T12:06:06Z <p>Rigid'' can mean either that $C$ does not move (i.e., defines an isolated, but maybe non-reduced, point on the Hilbert scheme of lines on the smooth quintic $Q$) or that it defines an isolated reduced point. Moreover, it is possible for a line $C$ to move on $Q$; e.g., if there is a hyperplane section of $Q$ that is a cone, then the generators of the cone move on $Q$. Even if $C$ can be contracted to an isolated singularity (so certainly does not move), then its normal bundle can be $\mathcal O\oplus\mathcal O(-2)$ or $\mathcal O(1)\oplus\mathcal O(-3)$.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/51290/calculating-normal-bundle/51300#51300 Answer by domenico fiorenza for Calculating normal bundle domenico fiorenza 2011-01-06T12:39:13Z 2011-01-06T13:19:27Z <p>A detailed treatment can be found in </p> <p>Sheldon Katz, On the finiteness of rational curves on quintic threefolds, Compositio Math 60, 151-162 (1986) available as archive.numdam.org/article/CM_1986__60_2_151_0.pdf</p>