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Quot schemes and Ricci semipositivity

Differential Geometry 2017-03-23 v1 Mathematical Physics Algebraic Geometry math.MP

Abstract

Let XX be a compact connected Riemann surface of genus at least two, and let QX(r,d){\mathcal Q}_X(r,d) be the quot scheme that parametrizes all the torsion coherent quotients of OXr{\mathcal O}^{\oplus r}_X of degree dd. This QX(r,d){\mathcal Q}_X(r,d) is also a moduli space of vortices on XX. Its geometric properties have been extensively studied. Here we prove that the anticanonical line bundle of QX(r,d){\mathcal Q}_X(r,d) is not nef. Equivalently, QX(r,d){\mathcal Q}_X(r,d) does not admit any K\"ahler metric whose Ricci curvature is semipositive.

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@article{arxiv.1703.07753,
  title  = {Quot schemes and Ricci semipositivity},
  author = {Indranil Biswas and Harish Seshadri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.07753},
  year   = {2017}
}
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