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Canonical rational equivalence of intersections of divisors

alg-geom 2016-08-30 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We consider the operation of intersecting with a locally principal Cartier divisor (i.e., a Cartier divisor which is principal on some neighborhood of its support). We describe this operation explicitly on the level of cycles and rational equivalences and as a corollary obtain a formula for rational equivalence between intersections of two locally principal Cartier divisors. Such canonical rational equivalence applies quite naturally to the setting of algebraic stacks. We present two applications: (i) a simplification of the development of Fulton-MacPherson-style intersection theory on Deligne-Mumford stacks, and (ii) invariance of a key rational equivalence under a certain group action (which is used in developing the theory of virtual fundamental classes via intrinsic normal cones).

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@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9710011,
  title  = {Canonical rational equivalence of intersections of divisors},
  author = {Andrew Kresch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9710011},
  year   = {2016}
}

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LaTeX2e, 14 pages; expanded intro; new first section fixes some errors