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Expected volume and Euler characteristic of random submanifolds

Metric Geometry 2016-02-26 v3 Algebraic Geometry Probability

Abstract

In a closed manifold of positive dimension nn, we estimate the expected volume and Euler characteristic for random submanifolds of codimension r{1,...,n}r\in \{1,...,n\} in two different settings. On one hand, we consider a closed Riemannian manifold and some positive λ\lambda. Then we take rr independent random functions in the direct sum of the eigenspaces of the Laplace-Beltrami operator associated to eigenvalues less than λ\lambda and consider the random submanifold defined as the common zero set of these rr functions. We compute asymptotics for the mean volume and Euler characteristic of this random submanifold as λ\lambda goes to infinity. On the other hand, we consider a complex projective manifold defined over the reals, equipped with an ample line bundle L\mathcal{L} and a rank rr holomorphic vector bundle E\mathcal{E} that are also defined over the reals. Then we get asymptotics for the expected volume and Euler characteristic of the real vanishing locus of a random real holomorphic section of ELd\mathcal{E}\otimes\mathcal{L}^d as dd goes to infinity. The same techniques apply to both settings.

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@article{arxiv.1408.2107,
  title  = {Expected volume and Euler characteristic of random submanifolds},
  author = {Thomas Letendre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2107},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Final version, accepted for publication in J. Funct. Anal., 50 pages.A change in notational convention impacts the statement of the main theorems and most formulas

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