Hermitian–Yang–Mills Connections on Collapsing Elliptically Fibered K3 Surfaces

Let $$X\rightarrow {{\mathbb {P}}}^1$$ X → P 1 be an elliptically fibered K3 surface, admitting a sequence $$\omega _{i}$$ ω i of Ricci-flat metrics collapsing the fibers. Let V be a holomorphic SU(n) bundle over X, stable with respect to $$\omega _i$$ ω i . Given the corresponding sequence $$\Xi _i$$ Ξ i of Hermitian–Yang–Mills connections on V, we prove that, if E is a generic fiber, the restricted sequence $$\Xi _i|_{E}$$ Ξ i | E converges to a flat connection $$A_0$$ A 0 . Furthermore, if the restriction $$V|_E$$ V | E is of the form $$\oplus _{j=1}^n{\mathcal {O}}_E(q_j-0)$$ ⊕ j = 1 n O E ( q j - 0 ) for n distinct points $$q_j\in E$$ q j ∈ E , then these points uniquely determine $$A_0$$ A 0 .

The motivic Igusa zeta function of a space monomial curve with a plane semigroup

In this article, we compute the motivic Igusa zeta function of a space monomial curve that appears as the special fiber of an equisingular family whose generic fiber is a complex plane branch. To this end, we determine the irreducible components of the jet schemes of such a space monomial curve. This approach does not only yield a closed formula for the motivic zeta function, but also allows to determine its poles. We show that, while the family of the jet schemes of the fibers is not flat, the number of poles of the motivic zeta function associated with the space monomial curve is equal to the number of poles of the motivic zeta function associated with a generic curve in the family.

Variation of singular Kähler–Einstein metrics: Positive Kodaira dimension

Given a Kähler fiber space p : X → Y {p:X\to Y} whose generic fiber is of general type, we prove that the fiberwise singular Kähler–Einstein metric induces a semipositively curved metric on the relative canonical bundle K X / Y {K_{X/Y}} of p. We also propose a conjectural generalization of this result for relative twisted Kähler–Einstein metrics. Then we show that our conjecture holds true if the Lelong numbers of the twisting current are zero. Finally, we explain the relevance of our conjecture for the study of fiberwise Song–Tian metrics (which represent the analogue of KE metrics for fiber spaces whose generic fiber has positive but not necessarily maximal Kodaira dimension).

Representability of Chow groups of codimension three cycles

Assume that we have a fibration of smooth projective varieties X → S over a surface S such that X is of dimension four and that the geometric generic fiber has finite-dimensional motive and the first étale cohomology of the geometric generic fiber with respect to ℚ l coefficients is zero and the second étale cohomology is spanned by divisors. We prove that then A 3(X), the group of codimension three algebraically trivial cycles modulo rational equivalence, is dominated by finitely many copies of A 0(S); this means that there exist finitely many correspondences Γi on S × X such that Σ i Γi is surjective from A 2(S) to A 3(X).

On the projectivity of proper normal curves over valuation domains

A theorem of Lichtenbaum states, that every proper, regular curve [Formula: see text] over a discrete valuation domain [Formula: see text] is projective. This theorem is generalized to the case of an arbitrary valuation domain [Formula: see text] using the following notion of regularity for non-noetherian rings introduced by Bertin: the local ring [Formula: see text] of a point [Formula: see text] is called regular, if every finitely generated ideal [Formula: see text] has finite projective dimension. The generalization is a particular case of a projectivity criterion for proper, normal [Formula: see text]-curves: such a curve [Formula: see text] is projective if for every irreducible component [Formula: see text] of its closed fiber [Formula: see text] there exists a closed point [Formula: see text] of the generic fiber of [Formula: see text] such that the Zariski closure [Formula: see text] meets [Formula: see text] and meets [Formula: see text] in regular points only.

Characteristic cycle and wild ramification for nearby cycles of étale sheaves

In this article, we give a bound for the wild ramification of the monodromy action on the nearby cycles complex of a locally constant étale sheaf on the generic fiber of a smooth scheme over an equal characteristic trait in terms of Abbes and Saito’s logarithmic ramification filtration. This provides a positive answer to the main conjecture in [24] for smooth morphisms in equal characteristic. We also study the ramification along vertical divisors of étale sheaves on relative curves and abelian schemes over a trait.

Entropic Competition between Supercoiled and Torsionally Relaxed Chromatin Fibers Drives Loop Extrusion through Pseudo-Topologically Bound Cohesin

We propose a model for cohesin-mediated loop extrusion, where the loop extrusion is driven entropically by the energy difference between supercoiled and torsionally relaxed chromatin fibers. Different levels of negative supercoiling are controlled by varying imposed friction between the cohesin ring and the chromatin fiber. The speed of generation of negative supercoiling by RNA polymerase associated with TOP1 is kept constant and corresponds to 10 rotations per second. The model was tested by coarse-grained molecular simulations for a wide range of frictions between 2 to 200 folds of that of generic fiber and the surrounding medium. The higher friction allowed for the accumulation of higher levels of supercoiling, while the resulting extrusion rate also increased. The obtained extrusion rates for the given range of investigated frictions were between 1 and 10 kbps, but also a saturation of the rate at high frictions was observed. The calculated contact maps indicate a qualitative improvement obtained at lower levels of supercoiling. The fits of mathematical equations qualitatively reproduce the loop sizes and levels of supercoiling obtained from simulations and support the proposed mechanism of entropically driven extrusion. The cohesin ring is bound on the fibers pseudo-topologically, and the model suggests that the topological binding is not necessary.