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Splitting principle in algebraic geometry and ample line bundles

Splitting theorem in algebraic geometry claims that if we have a vector bundle $V$ on $X$ (we consider a smooth projective variety for this question), if we pull-back $V$ to $\mathbb{P}(V)$, we get a ...
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Questions on Néron–Severi group

$\DeclareMathOperator\NS{NS}\DeclareMathOperator\Pic{Pic}$I have two questions on a comment from Daniel Hyubrechts's Complex Geometry on pages 133/134. Let $X$ be a compact Kähler manifold. Consider ...
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Ample line bundle gives alternative description of a variety

Let $X$ be a (smooth) projective variety (over $\mathbb{C}$), and $\mathcal{L}$ an ample line bundle on $X$. I have heard that then $$ X \cong \mathrm{Proj} \left( \bigoplus_{k \ge 0} H^0(X,\mathcal{...
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A question on Okounkov bodies

Let $X$ be an irreducible $n$-dimensional projective variety, and $$Y_n\subset Y_{n-1}\subset\dots\subset Y_1\subset X$$ a flag of irreducible subvarieties such that $Y_i$ has codimension $i$ in $X$ ...
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Generators of a graded algebra defining bundle over elliptic curve

I have a question about a statement from P. Wagreich's paper "Elliptic Singularities of Surfaces" (page 425): We consider an elliptic curve $X$ and a line bundle (=invertible sheaf) $L$ on $X$. Then,...
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Sections of Cartier divisors on toric varieties

Let $X_{\Sigma}$ be a projective toric variety. Consider the total coordinate ring $$S = \mathbb{C}[x_{\rho}\: | \: \rho\in\Sigma(1)]$$ Define $\deg(x_{\rho}) = D_{\rho}$. Now, take a divisor $D = \...
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Are torsion-free rank 1 modules over integral schemes line bundles?

How far away are torsion-free rank 1 sheaves from the line bundles? Is there any condition that makes sure they are same? (for dimensions higher than 1). It is known that for a regular scheme of ...
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Embedding abelian varieties into projective spaces of small dimension

Given a (complex) abelian variety $A$ of a fixed dimension $g$, let $d(A)$ be the dimension of the smallest complex projective space it embeds into. Is $d(A)$ uniform over all abelian varieties of a ...
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Pull-back of polarization

Let $(X, L)$ and $(Y, M)$ be two polarized abelian varieties . According to Birkenhake C. and Lange H. in Complex Abelian Varieties a homomorphism of polarized abelian varieties $f:(Y, M)\...
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Is a torsion free sheave of rank one on a reducible curve the pushforward of a line bundle on a normalization?

Let $X$ be a nodal curve, possibly reducible. Then can any torsion free sheaf of rank one on $X$ be expressed as $\pi_*(L)$, where $L$ is a line bundle on a partial normalization of $X$? This looks ...
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$H$ very ample, $f$ finite, is there uniform $C=C(\mathrm{deg}(f))$ for $C f^* H$ very ample?

Let $X$ and $Y$ be normal projective varieties over $\mathbb{C}$ of dimension $n$. Let $f: X \rightarrow Y$ be a finite morphism. Also, let $H$ be a very ample divisor on $Y$. Is there a constant $C=...
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Do line bundles with enough sections on surfaces have generic divisors which are irreducible?

Let $L$ be a line bundle on a smooth connected complete complex algebraic surface $X$. Assume that $L$ has enough sections i.e. that $H^0(L,X)$ has dimension $> 1$. A nonzero section $s$ of $L$ ...
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When is the space of holomorphic sections of the tensor product of two line bundles given by the span of the tensor product of the basis?

Let $S$ be a compact complex manifold and $L_1, L_2 \longrightarrow S$ be two holomorphic line bundles. Under what conditions (hopefully something that is easy to check) on $L_1$ and $L_2$ is the ...
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Reference request: $f^*D$ semi-ample, then $D$ semi-ample

I am looking for a suitable reference to put in a bibliography for the following fact: Let $f: X \rightarrow Y$ be a surjective morphism between normal projective varieties. Let $D$ be a $\mathbb{Q}$-...
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Torsion line bundle on hyperelliptic curves and Weierstrass points

Let $C$ be an hyperelliptic curve of genus $g$ and let $f:C\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^1$ be the corresponding 2 to 1 covering ramified in $2g+2$ points. Let $L$ be a line bundle on $C$ such that either $...
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Twisting a line bundle with the zero section

Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve and $L$ be an invertible sheaf on $X$. Denote by $\mathbb{L}$ the line bundle associated to $L$, $\pi:\mathbb{L} \to X$ the natural morphism and $0_\pi$ the zero ...
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Isomorphism classes of line bundles with connections

Isomorphism classes of line bundles over a scheme $X$ are described by the Picard group $Pic(X)$. Now there is a paper that describes the moduli space of line bundles with connections. This paper is ...
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Curves contracted by a rational map

Let $D$ be a big but not nef divisor on a normal $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial projective variety. Assume that the section ring $$R(D) = \bigoplus_{n\in\mathbb{N}}H^0(X,nD)$$ is finitely generated and ...
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Determinant of the universal bundle

Let $M$ be the moduli space of semistable vector bundles of fixed determinant $L$ and rank $r$ over a smooth curve $X$. Assume that $gcd(r,deg(L))=1$. Let $\mathcal U$ be the universal bundle over $M\...
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Connection on line bundle over general simplicial toric variety

In https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0005247.pdf, on page 60 and 61, it is mentioned that the connection of $\mathcal{O}(-n)$ over a (simplicial) toric variety of the form $$ (\mathbb{C}^N \backslash U)/(\...
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Picard group of toric varieties

I am trying to understand how to obtain the Picard group for general toric varieties. So far, I have been using information found in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1003.5217.pdf . Here, a toric variety has ...
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Holomorphic line bundles associated to multiple U(1) groups, defined over toric manifolds

The sections of the holomorphic line bundle $\mathcal{O}(n)$ are acted on by the covariant derivative $$ d+nA, $$ where $A$ is the connection on the $U(1)$ bundle to which $\mathcal{O}(n)$ is ...
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Minimal non-klt center of asymptotic linear system

Let $(X,\Delta)$ be a klt pair and $D $ a $Q $-Cartier divisor on $X $ such that the ring of sections of $D $ is finitely generated. Let $c$ be the log canonical threshold of the asymptotic linear ...
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The kernel of a nef line bundle

Let $V$ be a complex projective variety and $L$ a nef line bundle on $V$ (i.e., $L$ is non-negative on every curve in $V$). Denote, as usual, $\deg_LX = c_1(L)^{\dim{X}}.[X]$ for $X$ a subvariety of $...
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Anti-canonical divisorial contractions of weak Fano $3$-folds

Let $X$ be a smooth weak Fano but not Fano $3$-fold ($-K_X$ is nef and big but not ample). Then the anti-canonical morphism $\phi:X\rightarrow W$ (the morphsim induced by the linear system $|-mK_X|$ ...
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In search for examples concerning pushforward of nef divisors and lc-trivial fibrations

My question is motivated by ideas around the moduli b-divisor of an lc-trivial fibration (see for instance the following paper by Ambro https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0308143.pdf). In such a setup, one ...
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Rational maps and Kodaira dimension

Let $\phi:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be a generically finite, dominant rational map between smooth projective varieties over $\mathbb{C}$. Assume that $Y$ is of general type. May we conclude then that $X$ ...
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Rationality of conic bundles

Let $\pi:X\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^2$ be a $3$-fold conic bundle, and let $\Delta\subset\mathbb{P}^2$ be its discriminant. Assume that both $X$ and $\Delta$ are smooth and that $deg(\Delta)\geq 6$. Can ...
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Lefschetz type theorems for big and nef divisors

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety, and $D\subset X$ a smooth nef and big divisor. Assume that the restriction map $Pic(X)\rightarrow Pic(D)$ is an isomorphism over $\mathbb{Q}$. Under which ...
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Divisor class group of quartic surfaces

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^3$ be a normal quartic surface with divisor class group $Cl(X)\cong\mathbb{Z}[H]$ generated by the hyperplane section. What can we say about the singularities of $X$?
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Lifting line bundles

Let $X$ be a smooth proper geometrically integral scheme over $\overline{\mathbb F_p}$. Assume $X$ is the specialization of a smooth proper scheme over $\mathbb Z_p^{nr}$. Let $L$ be an ample line ...
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How close is $h^0(mD)$ to be a polynomial?

Let $X$ be a normal (or smooth if it helps) projective variety over an algebraically closed field $k$. Fix a Cartier divisor $D$: I am interested in knowing how $h^0(mD)$ behaves as $m$ varies. At ...
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Moving curves and small transformations

Let $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be an isomorphism in codimension one between smooth projective varieties. Let $C\subset X$ a curve generating an extremal ray of the cone of moving curves $Mov_1(X)$, and ...
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Cone of moving curves

Let $X$ be a projective variety and $C\subset X$ be a moving curve, that is the curves numerically equivalent to $C$ cover a dense open subset of $X$. How can we detect when $C$ is an extremal ray ...
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Fibers of pushforward of a bundle when the fiber dimension is not constant

I could not decide if I should post this question in MO or Mathstackexchange, so feel free to downvote it if you think it does not belong here. I will delete my post and post it in MathSE in that case....
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Big divisors in family

Given a family of divisors $D_t$ on varieties $X_t$, there are examples that show that bigness is not well behaved (e.g. example 2.2.13 in Positivity 1, shows we can have a special fiber where $D_0$ ...
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Top intersections on the Hilbert scheme of points on a surface

The Picard group of $S^{[n]}$ is generated by the Picard group of $S$ (via a map $L \mapsto L_n$) and $E$, where $E = -\frac{B}{2}$, where $B$ is the exceptional divisor of the Hilbert Chow morphism. ...
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Pull-back of the canonical divisor via a rational map

Let $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be a birational map between projective varieties not contracting any divisor. Assume that $X$ is smooth, and that $Y$ has at most ordinary singularities at finitely many ...
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Number of conditions imposed by fat points to a linear system

Let $|D|$ be the linear system of degree $d$ hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{P}^n$ having multiplicity at least $m$ at $s$ general points. Then $|kD|$ is the linear system of degree $kd$ hypersurfaces in $...
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Why vanish the integer m of an ample line bundle in the Kodaira embedding theorem?

I try to understand the following version of the Kodaira embedding theorem: Let $X$ be a compact Kähler manifold. A line bundle $L$ is positiv if and only if it is ample. I have a problem with the '...
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What is known about the cohomology of the relative tangent bundle on a conic bundle?

Let us assume $X$ is a smooth, projective and unirational variety of dimension $n$ over $\mathbb{C}$. Given a conic bundle $\pi: Y\rightarrow X$ such that $\omega_{\pi}^{-1}$ is relatively very ample ...
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Rigid effective divisors

Let $D\subset X$ be an effective smooth divisor in a smooth projective variety $X$. Assume that $h^0(X,D)=1$. In particular $D$ spans an extremal ray of the effective cone of $X$. Now, let $f:X\...
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How the existence of holomorphic sections depends on the choice of complex structure

In this Mathoverflow question it is asked how many invariant complex structures exist on the full flag manifold of $SU(m)$. In this question it is asked when a line bundle over a flag manifold has ...
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Pencils in very ample linear systems without curve in its base locus

If $L$ is a very ample line bundle over a smooth complex projective surface $X$ and $s_0, \dots, s_n$ is a basis of the global sections of $L$, is there some choice of $i,j$ such that the pencil ...
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Pushforward of line bundle under "toric isogeny"

Let $(X,T)$ be a smooth complex toric variety of dimension $d$ with torus $T$ and toric boundary $D=X\setminus T$. Let $\phi : X\to X$ be a finite endomorphism of $X$ such that the restriction $$\phi|...
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Picard groups, ample cones, and proper birational maps

Let $f:Y\to X$ be a proper birational map of normal varieties over an algebraically closed field which is an isomorphism over the regular locus. Q1: Is it the case that the pullback $f^*\...
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Universal property of limits of invertible sheaves

Let $R$ be a discrete valuation ring, $m$ the maximal ideal and $f:X \to \mathrm{Spec}(R)$ be a flat, proper morphism of relative dimension $1$. Assume further that $X$ is regular. For any $n>0$, ...
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Are two line bundles with the same ramification type necessarily isomorphic?

I have no motivation for the following problem, I am just curious if it is true or not. Here it is: If $l_1$ and $l_2$ are two complete $g^r_d$'s on a smooth curve $C$ such that the vanishing ...
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Could we extend any line bundle on the smooth part of a singular curve to a line bundle on the whole curve?

Let $X$ be a singular curve over an algebraic closed field $k$ with characteristic zero. Let $Z$ be the closed subset of singular points on $X$ and $U=X-Z$ be the smooth part, which is an open subset ...
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Will (general points + small number of arbitrary points) impose independent condtions on plane curves?

It is well known that imposing vanishing at general points of $\mathbb P^2$ gives independent conditions on curves of degree $d$. Also, it is known that a small number ($\le d+1$) points always impose ...
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