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Deformations of some simple quotient stacks.

I am interested in stacks of vector bundles on varieties and how deformations of the variety (including non-commutative ones) reflect themselves in deformations of the stack of vector bundles. I will ...
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Mumford's definition of an abelian variety's $Pic^0$

I'm not sure whether this is a research-level question, but upon skimming through Mumford book of Abelian Varieties I noticed he gives this definition $$ \begin{equation} \label{eq} \text{Pic}^0(A)=\{\...
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Does there exist a notion of Chern classes in intersection cohomology?

First of all: I apologize for my mistakes, I'm a freshman in intersection cohomology. Let $X$ be a (compact) complex analytic space, let $L$ be a line bundle over $X$. Can one define a notion of ...
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Arnold's theorem on small denominators and holomorphic tubular neighborhoods

By a theorem of Grauert, along a curve with negative self-intersection a complex surface is locally biholomorphic to a neighborhood of the zero section of that curve inside its normal bundle. For ...
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Do simplicial toric varieties have "lots" of base point free linear systems?

Question: Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $X$ be a simplicial toric variety. Does every coset of $n\cdot Pic(X)\subseteq Pic(X)$ contain a base point free linear system? If $X$ is not ...
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Non-trivial line bundle on $\mathbb{C}^{\ast} \times \mathbb{C}^{\ast}$

A line bundle is a holomorphic complex-dimension-one bundle on a complex manifold. The complex manifold $X = \mathbb{C}^{\ast} \times \mathbb{C}^{\ast}$ admits a non-trivial line bundle for the ...
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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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Ample Line Bundles on Algebraic Spaces

The sources known to me (Knutson's Algebraic Spaces and Pascual-Gainza's Ampleness criteria for algebraic spaces) define a line bundle $L$ on an algebraic space $X$ (over a base scheme $S$) to be ...
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Is there any relation between the pushforward of a divisor and the pushforward of its line bundle?

Given a morphism between normal varieties $f: X \to Y$, we can push forward a Cartier divisor $D$ to get a cycle $f_* D$. On the other hand, we can form the line bundle $\mathscr{L}(D)$ and push that ...
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Classification of square roots of line bundles and metalinear/metaplectic structures

Reading some books and articles about geometric quantization I got confused about the classification of square roots of complex line bundles over a manifold. Consider the group of isomorphism classes ...
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Isometries of fiber bundles

Let $F\to S\overset{\pi}{\to} B$ a Riemannian submersion with totally geodesic fibers. Question: How much information about the isometries of $S$ we have if we know the isometries of $F$ and $B$? For ...
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Does there exist a preferred trivialization of a trivial line bundle?

Let $L\to M$ be a topologically trivial complex Hermitian line bundle (over a manifold of dimension three, if this is of any importance). I assume that $L$ admits a trivialization, however, I do not ...
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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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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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Metric on line bundle defined fiberwise

Let $(X,\mathcal{O}_X)$ be an analytic space, and let $L$ be a line bundle on $X$. Intuitively, a metric $||\cdot||$ is a continuous choice of a metric for each fiber of the line bundle, which is a ...
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Line bundles with meromorphic transition functions

I have the following situation: let $X$ be a projective complex manifold and let $f \in H^1(X,\mathcal{M}^{\times})$. So $f$ defines something like a line bundle with meromorphic transition functions. ...
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Ample divisor of degree two on a blow-up of $\mathbb P^2$ at nine points

Let $\pi:S \rightarrow \mathbb P^2$ be a blow-up at nine points in general position. I am finding an ample divisor $L$ on $S$ of degree two ($L^2=2$). Since $Pic(S) = \mathbb Z h \oplus \mathbb Z e_1 \...
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Relation between $\mathrm{Pic}^\natural_{X/S}$ and two notions of rigidification

Let $X/S$ be a relative curve (perhaps with more adjectives). I have come across a few instances of rigidifying and rigidificators, which I would like to understand better. In Liu-Lorenzini-Raynaud (...
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Is Wronskian a line bundle for Riemann surfaces?

Suppose $f_1,\dots,f_g$ are holomorphic functons on a domain $U\subset\mathbb{C}$. By the Wronskian determinant $f_1,\dots,f_g$ one means the determinant of the matrix of derivatives $f_k^{(m)},$ ...
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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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How can one check that two line bundles on $\overline{M}_{0,n}$ coincide?

Let $X$ be the Deligne-Mumford compactification of $\mathcal{M}_{0,n}$. Suppose I have two (big) line bundles $L$ and $L'$ on $X$ and that I want to show that they are the same element of $Pic(X)$. Of ...
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Nonabelian Hodge correspondence for $\mathbb{G}_m$

Please excuse me if this question is too naive. I know very little about the nonabelian Hodge correspondence but I am trying to understand how the correspondence works in the simplest case of the ...
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On spin structure for Kähler manifolds and square roots of $\det (TX)$

I'm stuck on the proof that for a (compact) Kähler manifold $X$ (of complex dimension $n$), a spin structure on the tangent bundle $TX$ is equivalent to a line bundle $L$ together with an isomorphism $...
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Symmetric group-cocycle descends to symmetric product

Let $C$ be a complex curve with universal covering $\tilde{C}$ (which in my case is the upper half plane). Any group-cocylce $e \in H^1(\pi_1(C^n),H^0(\tilde{C}{}^n,\mathcal{O}^{\times}))$ defines a ...
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Semi-continuity of the Picard number

Let $f:X\rightarrow S$ be a family of smooth projective varieties. For $s\in S$ set $X_s := f^{-1}(s)$, and let $\rho(X_{s})$ be the Picard number of the fiber over $s\in S$. Fix a point $s_0\in S$. ...
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Linear system of a relative effective divisor on an arithmetic surface contains vertical divisors

I am puzzled by the behavior of some divisors in my attempt to understand the relative Picard functor $\mathrm{Pic}_{X/S}$ of an arithmetic surface $\pi:X\to S$. This is defined by relative divisors $...
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Conditions for long exact sequence for line bundles on curve to degenerate?

Let $\varphi:X\to Y$ be a morphism of schemes of relative dimension 1, and $\mathcal{L}' \xrightarrow{g} \mathcal{L}$ an injection of line bundles on $X$. The sequence $$0\to \mathcal{L}' \xrightarrow{...
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What is $f^*TX$ for a general morphism $f\colon\mathbb{P}^1\to X$?

Let $X$ be a projective homogeneous space over $\mathbb{C}$, i.e. $G/P$ where $G$ is a simple, simply connected linear algebraic group and $P$ is a parabolic subgroup. Let $f\colon\mathbb{P}^1\to X$ ...
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Embeddings of Hirzebruch surfaces $\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}\oplus\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(n))$

Let $X_n=\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}\oplus\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(n))$ be the $n-$th Hirzebruch surface. We know that for $d>0$ and higher $k>>0$ the linear system $$\mathcal{L}_{...
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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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The dual of the space of continuous sections in a vector bundle

If $X$ is a compact Hausdorff space, one may view the space of complex, continuous functions on it as the space of continuous sections in the trivial Hermitian bundle $X \times \mathbb C$. By the ...
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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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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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Moment map of equivariant line bundles

I'm reading Szabo's `Equivariant Cohomology and Localization of Path Integrals'. I've stumbled upon an equation I can't make sense of, in the discussion about $G$-equivariant line bundles on ...
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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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Computing Euler Charactistics of Line bundles on Hilbert Schemes of points on Surfaces

Let $S^{[2]}$ be the Hilbert scheme of two points on a smooth projective surface (actually, right now I am particularly interested in del Pezzo surfaces). Let $B$ be the exceptional divisor of the ...
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Is every homogeneous line bundle pulled back from the quotient stack?

Let $G= \mathbb{G}_m^k$ act on a variety $X$. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a line bundle on $X$ and assume that for each $g \in G$ the pullback $g^\star \mathcal{L}$ is isomorphic to $\mathcal{L}$. Does it ...
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Isomorphism between spectrum of $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1_{[y_0:y_1]}}[y_0^2t,y_0y_1t,y_1^2t]$ and the line bundle $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(2)$

Let $\mathbb{P}^1$ be the projective line over a base field $k$, with homogeneous coordinates $[y_0 : y_1]$. Consider the sheaf of $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}$-algebras $\mathcal{A} = \mathcal{O}_{\...
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Positivity of self-intersection of dicisor associated to meromorphic function

In the book "Holomorphic Vector Bundles over Compact Complex Surfaces" by Vasile Brînzănescu, in the proof of theorem 2.13 there is the following claim Let $X$ be a compact non-algebraic ...
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Compact complex manifolds with nef canonical bundle have nonnegative Kodaira dimension

Let $X$ be a compact Kähler manifold with nef canonical bundle. The (Kähler extension of the) abundance conjecture asserts that $K_X$ is semi-ample, and thus $K_X^{\otimes m}$ admits a section for ...
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How to define Cartier divisor and Weil divisor on algebraic stack?

How to define Cartier divisor and Weil divisor on algebraic stack? Do they correspond to line bundles on stack like the case of schemes? In case of a Deligne-Mumford stack, can we have a simpler ...
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Computing Picard groups of arbitrary quadric hyperplane

I know the Picard group of a smooth two dimensional quadric surface is $\mathbb Z^2$, but I am wondering if the computation can be generalized to higher dimension? In particular, is the Picard group ...
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Bundles vs. line bundles

Let $K$ be an algebraically closed field and consider the category $\text{Bun}$ of (finite dimensional) vector bundles over a $K$-variety $X$. Consider also the category of $\mathbb{G}^\times$-...
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Representatives of line bundle cohomology over tori

Let $V^n$ a be a $\mathbb{C}$-vector space. For $U\subset V$ a complete lattice, the holomorphic line bundles over $V/U$ are classified (see e.g. `Abelian varieties', D. Mumford) by data $(H,\alpha)$ ...
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Extension of a section of a line bundle on a family of curves to the central fibre

I will fix notation: $\Delta = \mathrm{Spec} R$ denotes a discrete valuation ring and $\Delta^*=\mathrm{Spec} K$ for $K=\mathrm{Frac}(R)$. Suppose we are given a curve $\pi:C\to \Delta$ and a line ...
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Restriction of a line bundle on $G/B$ to a fibre which is isomorphic to $\mathbb{P}^1$

Let $G$ be a reductive group over a field $k$ of characteristic zero with maximal split torus $T$, Borel $B \supset T$ and Weyl group $W$. Set $X:=G/B$ and $C_w:=BwB/B \subset X$ for $w \in W$ the ...
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From a factor of automorphy on an abelian variety to a divisor

Given a complex abelian variety $A = V/\Gamma$ (for $\Gamma$ being a lattice in the complex vector space $V$), one knows how to describe a holomorphic line bundle in terms of factors of automorphy: By ...
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Construction of the Hilbert Scheme

I am reading the book "Rational Curves on Algebraic Varieties" of János Kollár. Definition-Proposition 1.2, begin like this: Let $g:Y\rightarrow Z$ be a projective morphism and $\mathcal{O}(...
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Proof of uniqueness in the universal property of Poincaré line bundles

My question concerns the proof of a part of Lemma IV.2.2 (pag. 168) of the book Geometry of Algebraic Curves. vol. I by Arbarello, Cornalba, Griffiths and Harris. In order to state my problem, let me ...
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Dimension of global holomorphic sections of a line bundle

Let $K$ be the canonical line bundle of a compact Riemann surface $M$ of genus $g$. Consider the pull back of $K$ on $M \times M$ via projection on the first factor. What is the dimension of the space ...
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