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Three-dimensional flops and non-commutative rings

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

If Y,Z are three-dimensional smooth varieties related by a flop, then Bondal and Orlov conjectured that the derived categories of coherent sheaves on Y and Z are equivalent. This conjecture was recently proved by Bridgeland. Our aim in this paper is to give a partially new proof of Bridgeland's result using non-commutative rings. The new proof also covers some mild singular and higher dimensional situations (including the one in the recent paper by Chen: ``Flops and Equivalences of derived Categories for Threefolds with only Gorenstein Singularities'').

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@article{arxiv.math/0207170,
  title  = {Three-dimensional flops and non-commutative rings},
  author = {Michel Van den Bergh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0207170},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages