Quot-scheme limit of Fubini-Study metrics and Donaldson's functional for vector bundles

For a holomorphic vector bundle $E$ over a polarised K\"ahler manifold, we establish a direct link between the slope stability of $E$ and the asymptotic behaviour of Donaldson's functional, by defining the Quot-scheme limit of Fubini-Study metrics. In particular, we provide an explicit estimate which proves that Donaldson's functional is coercive on the set of Fubini-Study metrics if $E$ is slope stable, and give a new proof of Hermitian-Einstein metrics implying slope stability.

Seshadri constants on some Quot schemes

Let E be a vector bundle of rank n on ℙ 1 {\mathbb{P}^{1}} . Fix a positive integer d. Let 𝒬 ⁢ ( E , d ) {\mathcal{Q}(E,d)} denote the Quot scheme of torsion quotients of E of degree d and let Gr ⁢ ( E , d ) {\mathrm{Gr}(E,d)} denote the Grassmann bundle that parametrizes the d-dimensional quotients of the fibers of E. We compute Seshadri constants of ample line bundles on 𝒬 ⁢ ( E , d ) {\mathcal{Q}(E,d)} and Gr ⁢ ( E , d ) {\mathrm{Gr}(E,d)} .

Irreducibility of Lagrangian Quot schemes over an algebraic curve

Let C be a complex projective smooth curve and W a symplectic vector bundle of rank 2n over C. The Lagrangian Quot scheme $$LQ_{-e}(W)$$ L Q - e ( W ) parameterizes subsheaves of rank n and degree $$-e$$ - e which are isotropic with respect to the symplectic form. We prove that $$LQ_{-e}(W)$$ L Q - e ( W ) is irreducible and generically smooth of the expected dimension for all large e, and that a generic element is saturated and stable.

Framed sheaves on projective space and Quot schemes

We prove that, given integers $$m\ge 3$$ m ≥ 3 , $$r\ge 1$$ r ≥ 1 and $$n\ge 0$$ n ≥ 0 , the moduli space of torsion free sheaves on $${\mathbb {P}}^m$$ P m with Chern character $$(r,0,\ldots ,0,-n)$$ ( r , 0 , … , 0 , - n ) that are trivial along a hyperplane $$D \subset {\mathbb {P}}^m$$ D ⊂ P m is isomorphic to the Quot scheme $$\mathrm{Quot}_{{\mathbb {A}}^m}({\mathscr {O}}^{\oplus r},n)$$ Quot A m ( O ⊕ r , n ) of 0-dimensional length n quotients of the free sheaf $${\mathscr {O}}^{\oplus r}$$ O ⊕ r on $${\mathbb {A}}^m$$ A m . The proof goes by comparing the two tangent-obstruction theories on these moduli spaces.

Higher rank K-theoretic Donaldson-Thomas Theory of points

We exploit the critical structure on the Quot scheme $\text {Quot}_{{{\mathbb {A}}}^3}({\mathscr {O}}^{\oplus r}\!,n)$ , in particular the associated symmetric obstruction theory, in order to study rank r K-theoretic Donaldson-Thomas (DT) invariants of the local Calabi-Yau $3$ -fold ${{\mathbb {A}}}^3$ . We compute the associated partition function as a plethystic exponential, proving a conjecture proposed in string theory by Awata-Kanno and Benini-Bonelli-Poggi-Tanzini. A crucial step in the proof is the fact, nontrival if $r>1$ , that the invariants do not depend on the equivariant parameters of the framing torus $({{\mathbb {C}}}^\ast )^r$ . Reducing from K-theoretic to cohomological invariants, we compute the corresponding DT invariants, proving a conjecture of Szabo. Reducing further to enumerative DT invariants, we solve the higher rank DT theory of a pair $(X,F)$ , where F is an equivariant exceptional locally free sheaf on a projective toric $3$ -fold X. As a further refinement of the K-theoretic DT invariants, we formulate a mathematical definition of the chiral elliptic genus studied in physics. This allows us to define elliptic DT invariants of ${{\mathbb {A}}}^3$ in arbitrary rank, which we use to tackle a conjecture of Benini-Bonelli-Poggi-Tanzini.

Codimension One Holomorphic Distributions on the Projective Three-space

We study codimension one holomorphic distributions on the projective three-space, analyzing the properties of their singular schemes and tangent sheaves. In particular, we provide a classification of codimension one distributions of degree at most 2 with locally free tangent sheaves and show that codimension one distributions of arbitrary degree with only isolated singularities have stable tangent sheaves. Furthermore, we describe the moduli space of distributions in terms of Grothendieck’s Quot-scheme for the tangent bundle. In certain cases, we show that the moduli space of codimension one distributions on the projective space is an irreducible, nonsingular quasi-projective variety. Finally, we prove that every rational foliation and certain logarithmic foliations have stable tangent sheaves.

Universal Series for Hilbert Schemes and Strange Duality

We show how the “finite Quot scheme method” applied to Le Potier’s strange duality on del Pezzo surfaces leads to conjectures (valid for all smooth complex projective surfaces) relating two sets of universal power series on Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces: those for top Chern classes of tautological sheaves and those for Euler characteristics of line bundles. We have verified these predictions computationally for low order. We then give an analysis of these conjectures in small ranks. We also give a combinatorial proof of a formula predicted by our conjectures: the top Chern class of the tautological sheaf on $S^{[n]}$ associated to the structure sheaf of a point is equal to $(-1)^n$ times the nth Catalan number.