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The Semistable Reduction Problem for the Space of Morphisms on $\mathbb{P}^{n}$

Algebraic Geometry 2011-06-10 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We restate the semistable reduction theorem from geometric invariant theory in the context of spaces of morphisms on Pn\mathbb{P}^{n}. For every complete curve CC downstairs, we get a Pn\mathbb{P}^{n}-bundle on an abstract curve DD mapping finite-to-one onto CC, whose trivializations correspond to not necessarily complete curves upstairs with morphisms corresponding to identifying each fiber with the morphism the point represents. Finding a trivial bundle is equivalent to finding a complete DD upstairs mapping finite-to-one onto CC; we prove that in every space of morphisms, there exists a curve CC for which no such DD exists. In the case when DD exists, we bound the degree of the map from DD to CC in terms of CC for CC rational and contained in the stable space.

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@article{arxiv.1104.4517,
  title  = {The Semistable Reduction Problem for the Space of Morphisms on $\mathbb{P}^{n}$},
  author = {Alon Levy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4517},
  year   = {2011}
}

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17 pages

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