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The kernel of the Gysin homomorphism for smooth projective curves

Algebraic Geometry 2025-06-18 v1

Abstract

Let SS be a smooth projective connected surface over an algebraically closed field kk and Σ\Sigma the linear system of a very ample divisor DD on SS. Let d:=dim(Σ)d:=\dim(\Sigma) be the dimension of Σ\Sigma and ϕΣ:SPd\phi_{\Sigma}: S \hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^{d} the closed embedding of SS into Pd\mathbb{P}^{d}, induced by Σ\Sigma. For any closed point tΣPdt\in\Sigma \cong\mathbb{P}^{d^*}, let CtC_t be the corresponding hyperplane section on SS, and let rt:CtS r_t:C_t\hookrightarrow S be the closed embedding of the curve CtC_t into SS. Let Δ:={tΣ:Ct is singular}\Delta:= \{t \in \Sigma: C_t \text{ is singular}\} be the discriminant locus of Σ\Sigma and let U:=ΣΔU :=\Sigma\setminus \Delta. For tUt \in U, the kernel of the Gysin homomorphism of the Chow groups of 00-cycles of degree zero, from CH0(Ct)deg=0CH_0(C_t)_{deg=0} to CH0(S)deg=0CH_0(S)_{deg=0} is the countable union of shifts of a certain abelian subvariety AtA_t inside J(Ct)J(C_t), the Jacobian of the curve CtC_t (\cite{PS24} for kCk \cong \mathbb{C}, \cite{SW25} for kFq((t))k \cong \overline{\mathbb{F}_q((t))}). We prove that for every closed point tUt \in U either AtA_t coincides with the abelian variety BtB_t inside J(Ct)J(C_t) corresponding to the vanishing cohomology H1(Ct,k)vanH^1(C_t, k')_{van}, where kk' is the minimal field of definition of kk, and then the Gysin kernel is a countable union of shifts of BtB_t, or At=0A_t = 0, in which case the Gysin kernel is countable. Using the language of algebraic stacks as a generalisation of algebraic varieties this is done by constructing an increasing filtration of Zariski countable open substacks Ui,iI,U_i, i \in I, of UU, where II is a countable set and by applying a convergence argument.

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@article{arxiv.2506.14528,
  title  = {The kernel of the Gysin homomorphism for smooth projective curves},
  author = {Claudia Schoemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.14528},
  year   = {2025}
}

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