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Survey article on Intersection Theory
Does anybody knows about good overview on intersection theory.
The book of Fulton has very hard language. Does there exist simple overview on this topic with many examples?
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To whom is Bézout's theorem for varieties due?
The following is a modern, fairly general form of Bézout's theorem. (There are forms that are more general and/or more precise; bear with me.)
Define the degree of a reducible variety to be the sum of ...
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Interpretation of "27" lines for cubic surface with rational double points
It is well known that a smooth cubic surface has $27$ distinct lines. Explicitly, if we choose a planar representation, i.e., blowup $\mathbb P^2$ at $6$ general points $p_1,...,p_6$, the $27$ lines ...
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Integrality of primary genus $0$ Gromov-Witten invariants of a Fano manifold
Suppose $(X,\omega)$ is a positively monotone compact symplectic manifold, i.e., after a positive scaling of the symplectic form, we have $c_1(T_X) = [\omega]$ in de Rham cohomology ($T_X$ has well-...
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Reference for the Hodge Bundle
For the purposes of this question, let the Hodge bundle $\lambda$ be the bundle on a fibration of abelian varieties $X\to B$ with fiber over $b\in B$ the space of 1-forms on $X_b$, or the pullback to $...
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About Riemann-Roch without denominators
The Riemann-Roch without denominators can be expressed as follows:
Let $f: X\rightarrow Y$ be a closed embedding of quasi-projective smooth $k$-varieties of codimension $d$ for some field $k$. Let $E$ ...
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Semi-continuity of intersection numbers
I always trusted the following quite vague statement:
If you have a family of effective divisors $D_1(t),\dots , D_k(t)$ on a $k$-dimensional projective variety $X_t$, where $t$ is a paramater say ...
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Reference request: Kleiman's proof of Snapper's Lemma
On page 4 of Nitin Nitsure's paper Construction of Hilbert and Quot Schemes, the author refers to the fact that Hilbert polynomials are indeed polynomials as
a special case of Snapper's Lemma, see &...
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Nonempty intersection in Grassmannian
Where can I find a proof of the following fact:
If $X_1$ and $X_2$ are subvarieties of $\mathbb{G}(k,n)$ of codimension $c_1$ and $c_2$ satisfying $c_1+c_2<n+1-2k$, then the intersection $X_1\cap ...
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Chow Ring of Moduli Space of Abelian Varieties
Is there a good reference for the structure of the Chow ring of $\mathcal{A}_g$, the moduli space of complex principally polarized abelian varieties? More generally, references for the intersection ...
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Severi Formula for Intersection Multiplicities
I say in advance that I am a novice in Intersection Theory, so forgive me if my question is trivial.
Let $X\subseteq\mathbb{P}^N$ be a smooth irreducible projective variety of dimension $n$ and $V, W\...
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Schubert cycles on Grassmannian bundles
Let $X$ be smooth variety and let $\mathcal{E}$ be a vector bundle on $X$ of rank $n$. On the total space of the Grassmannian bundle $\pi:G(k,\mathcal{E})\to X$ we have the tautological exact sequence ...
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Riemann-Roch and Grothendieck duality: general case of Fulton's example 18.3.19
Fulton's "Intersection theory" book contains the following fact (example 18.3.19):
Let $X$ be a Cohen-Macaulay scheme over a field. Assume $X$ can be imbedded in a smooth scheme (so it has a ...
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The volume around a singular isolated root when equalities are loosened
Suppose I have a system of polynomial equations in $n$ real variables $f_i(x_1,\ldots,x_n)=0$, $i=1,\ldots,m$, such that $0$ is an isolated solution. Now I replace each of the equations with a double-...
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Equivalence relations among algebraic cycles
In the book 3264 and All That by Eisenbud & Harris, the authors claim that for smooth projective varieties admitting an affine stratification, the algebraic equivalence relation and the rational ...
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Intersection theory on schemes with Gorenstein singularities
Is there a good reference/book on Intersection theory on schemes with Gorenstein singularities? Does the construction of the intersection of cycles discussed in Fulton's book also hold for schemes ...
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Intersection Multiplicity
Let $X$ be an hyper-surface in an affine space defined by an equation $F$. We can assume that the ground field is $\mathbb{C}$ and $X$ is normal. Take functions $f_1,\dots, f_n$ on $X$ and let $B$ ...
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Bounds for intersection multiplicity
Let's for simplicity work in $\mathbb{C}^n$. Suppose that $f_1,\dots, f_n$ are polynomials and $0$ is an isolated solution of the system $f_1(z)=\dots=f_n(z)=0$. I want to bound from below the ...
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Reference request: Samuel's multiplicity and degree
I am looking for references for the following simple facts.
Let $Y\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ be a variety (or pure-dimensional algebraic set). For $P\in Y$ denote by $e_p(Y)$ the (Samuel's) multiplicity ...
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Numerically negative exceptional divisor on a surface.
Suppose $S$ is an algebraic surface (possibly projective) over an algebraically closed field $k$. Suppose $D_i$ are irreducible smooth curves (rational, if you want) with negative self-intersection ...
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Lefschetz standard conjecture under specialization/generization
Let $S$ be a smooth connected noetherian scheme (not necessarily over a field) with residue fields that are all of finite type over their prime field.
Let $f: \mathcal{X}\to S$ be a smooth projective ...
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Finite flat pullback of the diagonal
Let $X, Y$ be smooth projective connected complex varieties of the same pure dimension $d$ and $f : X\to Y$ a finite flat surjective morphism.
Let $\Delta_X$ be the closed subscheme of $X\times X$ ...
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Join of two intersecting varieties
Suppose I have two smooth projective varieties $X$ and $Y$ in $\mathbb{P}^n$, that intersect along a smooth subvariety $Z$. Is there a formula to compute the degree of the join variety $J(X,Y)$ of $X$ ...
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Is there a name for a normal, projective variety where every effective divisor is ample?
Is there a name for a normal, projective variety such that every effective divisor is ample? Examples of such varieties are projective space, weighted projective spaces, and simple Abelian varieties ...
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Reference for numerically non-negative polynomials for nef vector bundles
Let $K$ be a field. A polynomial $F \in \mathbb{Q}[X_1, \dots, X_r]$ which is weighted homogeneous of degree $n$ with respect to the grading $\deg(X_k) = k$ is called numerically non-negative for nef ...
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Segre class of cones and Base change of projective cones
I'm trying to work out a result in Fulton's intersection theory and I think I need the following basic result about base change of projective cones (whose support may not be the entire base scheme).
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How I calculate degree of the algebraic curve?
Let F be algebraically closed field. Let C be a curve in F^n defined as zeroes of polynomials $p_1(x_1,\ldots,x_n),..,p_{n-1}(x_1,\ldots x_n)$.
Let us define degree of the curve as $\max_S \{ S\cap C ...
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Self-intersection of divisors and Chern class
Let $X$ be a smooth, projective variety and $Y \subset X$ a smooth, effective divisor. Consider now the natural map $i^\ast:H^2(X) \to H^2(Y)$. Then,
When is the image of $c_1(\mathcal{O}_X(Y)) \in H^...
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Hilbert polynomial as function of the Segre classes
Let $X\subset\mathbb{P} ^ N$ be a smooth irreducible complex projective variety of dimension 3 (or better yet, dimension $n$).
Is it possible to express the Hilbert polynomial of $X$ as a function of ...
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Continuity of Intersection Pairing on Chow monoids
Let $X$ be a smooth irreducible complex projective variety. As we know, if $\alpha,\beta$ are two cycles intersecting properly in $X$, we can define, via Serre's Intersection Formula, their ...
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Samuel multiplicity
Let $X$ be the hyper-surface defined by
$$f:=\sum_{i=1}^k x_i^n=0$$
in $\mathbb{C}^k$. Let $Y$ be the non-reduced sub-scheme of $X$ defined by the ideal
$$I=(x_1^{n-1},\dots , x_k^{n-1}) $$
What is ...
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