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Configurations of noncollinear points in the projective plane

Algebraic Geometry 2021-08-25 v2 Algebraic Topology Number Theory

Abstract

We consider the space FnF_n of configurations of nn points in P2P^2 satisfying the condition that no three of the points lie on a line. For n=4,5,6n = 4, 5, 6, we compute H(Fn;Q)H^*(F_n; \mathbb{Q}) as an SnS_n-representation. The cases n=5,6n = 5, 6 are computed via the Grothendieck--Lefschetz trace formula in \'etale cohomology and certain "twisted" point counts for analogous spaces over Fq\mathbb{F}_q.

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@article{arxiv.1904.11409,
  title  = {Configurations of noncollinear points in the projective plane},
  author = {Ronno Das and Ben O'Connor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.11409},
  year   = {2021}
}

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26 pages, 14 figures