Geometric helices on del Pezzo surfaces from tilting
Algebraic Geometry
2026-04-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
We prove that all geometric helices in the derived category of coherent sheaves on a del Pezzo surface are related by a sequence of elementary operations: rotation, shifting, orthogonal reordering, tensoring by a line bundle, and tilting. As a consequence, any two non-commutative crepant resolutions of the affine cone over a del Pezzo surface are related by mutations. The proof relies on a geometric interpretation of tilting operations as cluster transformations acting on toric models of a log Calabi--Yau surface mirror to the del Pezzo surface.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.22065,
title = {Geometric helices on del Pezzo surfaces from tilting},
author = {Pierrick Bousseau},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22065},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
v2: minor corrections, exposition improved, references added. 38 pages, 1 figure. Comments welcome!