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Normal bundles of rational curves in Grassmannians

Algebraic Geometry 2024-04-15 v1

Abstract

In projective space over fields of characteristic different from 2, the normal bundle of a general nondegenerate rational curve is balanced. The corresponding statement for rational curves in other Grassmannians can fail. Nevertheless, we prove that the normal bundle of a general rational curve in a Grassmannian decomposes into a direct sum of line bundles whose degrees are at most 2 apart.

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@article{arxiv.2404.08102,
  title  = {Normal bundles of rational curves in Grassmannians},
  author = {Izzet Coskun and Eric Larson and Isabel Vogt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.08102},
  year   = {2024}
}