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Working over an algebraically closed field $\Bbbk$, we prove that all orbits of a left action of an algebraic group superscheme $G$ on a superscheme $X$ of finite type are locally closed. Moreover, such an orbit $Gx$, where $x$ is a $\Bbbk$-point of $X$, is closed if and only if $G_{ev}x$ is closed in $X_{ev}$, or equivalently, if and only if $G_{res}x$ is closed in $X_{res}$. Here $G_{ev}$ is the largest purely even group super-subscheme of $G$ and $G_{res}$ is $G_{ev}$ regarded as a group scheme. Similarly, $X_{ev}$ is the largest purely even super-subscheme of $X$ and $X_{res}$ is $X_{ev}$ regarded as a scheme. We also prove that $\mathrm{sdim}(Gx)=\mathrm{sdim}(G)-\mathrm{sdim}(G_x)$, where $G_x$ is the stabilizer of $x$.

In this article we consider Riemann surfaces and abelian varieties endowed with a group of automorphisms isomorphic to a generalized quaternion group. We provide isogeny decompositions of each abelian variety with this action, compute dimensions of the corresponding factors and provide conditions under which this decomposition is nontrivial. We then specialize our results to the case of Jacobians and relate them to the so-called genus-zero actions on Riemann surfaces. We also give a complete classification and description of the complex one-dimensional families of Riemann surfaces and Jacobians with a generalized quaternion group action, extending known results concerning the quasiplatonic case. Finally, we construct and describe explicit families of abelian varieties with a quaternion group action and derive a period matrix for the Jacobian of the surface with full automorphism group of second largest order among the hyperelliptic surfaces of genus four., Comment: 30 pages

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic two, and let $G$ be isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}/2\times\mathbb{Z}/2$. Suppose $X$ is a smooth projective irreducible curve over $k$ with a faithful $G$-action, and assume that the cover $X\to X/G$ is totally ramified, in the sense that it is ramified and every branch point is totally ramified. We study to what extent the lower ramification groups of the closed points of $X$ determine the isomorphism types of the indecomposable $kG$-modules and the multiplicities with which they occur as direct summands of the space $\mathrm{H}^0(X,\Omega_{X/k})$ of holomorphic differentials of $X$ over $k$. In the case when $X/G=\mathbb{P}^1_k$, we completely determine the decomposition of $\mathrm{H}^0(X,\Omega_{X/k})$ into a direct sum of indecomposable $kG$-modules. Moreover, we show that the isomorphism classes of indecomposable $kG$-modules that actually occur as direct summands belong to an infinite list of non-isomorphic indecomposable $kG$-modules that contain modules of arbitrarily large $k$-dimension. In particular, our results show that [14, Theorem 6.4] is incorrect., Comment: 25 pages; changed name of covered curve from $U$ to $Y$, fixed statement of Theorem 1.1, fixed typo in Example 2.19; added explanation why [14, Theorem 6.4] is incorrect in general (see Remark 2.21)

We prove that an endomorphism $f$ of affine space is injective on rational points if its B\'ezoutian is constant. Similarly, $f$ is injective at a given rational point if its reduced B\'ezoutian is constant. We also show that if the Jacobian determinant of $f$ is invertible, then $f$ is injective at a given rational point if and only if its reduced B\'ezoutian is constant., Comment: 8 pages. Final version, but comments still welcome!

This note is motivated by the Question 16 of http://cubics.wikidot.com: Which configurations of 15 points in the projective 3-space arise as eigenpoints of a cubic surface? We prove that a general eigenscheme in the projective n-space is the complete intersection of two suitable smooth determinantal curves on a smooth determinantal surface. Moreover, we prove that the converse result holds if n=3, providing an answer in any degree to the cited question. Finally, we show that any general set of points in the projective 3-space can be enlarged to an eigenscheme of a partially symmetric tensor., Comment: 12 pages

For a quasi-projective smooth scheme X of pure dimension d over a field k and an effective Cartier divisor D on X whose support is a simple normal crossing divisor, we construct a cycle class map from the Chow group of zero-cycles with modulus to the top cohomology of the dth relative Milnor K-sheaf., v2: exposition improved, typos corrected, to appear in JPAA

Hyperplane Arrangements of rank $3$ admitting an unbalanced Ziegler restriction are known to fulfill Terao's conjecture. This long-standing conjecture asks whether the freeness of an arrangement is determined by its combinatorics. In this note, we prove that arrangements that admit a locally heavy flag satisfy Terao's conjecture which is a generalization of the statement above to arbitrary dimension. To this end, we extend results characterizing the freeness of multiarrangements with a heavy hyperplane to those satisfying the weaker notion of a locally heavy hyperplane. As a corollary, we give a new proof that irreducible arrangements with a generic hyperplane are totally non-free. In another application, we show that an irreducible multiarrangement of rank $3$ with at least two locally heavy hyperplanes is not free., Comment: 16 pages, 1 figure. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1603.05803

We exhibit a new subadditivity formula for test ideals on singular varieties using an argument similar to those of Demailly-Ein-Lazarsfeld and Hara-Yoshida. Any subadditivity formula for singular varieties must have a correction term that measures the singularities of that variety. Whereas earlier subadditivity formulas accomplished this by multiplying by the Jacobian ideal, our approach is to use the formalism of Cartier algebras. We also show that our subadditivity containment is sharper than ones shown previously by Takagi and Eisenstein. The first of these results follows from a Noether normalization technique due to Hochster and Huneke. The second of these results is obtained using ideas of Takagi and Eisenstein to show that the adjoint ideal $\mathscr{J}_X(A, Z) $ reduces mod $p$ to Takagi's adjoint test ideal, even when the ambient space is singular, provided that $A$ is regular at the generic point of $X$. One difficulty of using this new subadditivity formula in practice is the computational complexity of computing its correction term. Thus, we discuss a combinatorial construction of the relevant Cartier algebra in the toric setting., Comment: Many changes big and small. Most notably, the proofs of theorems 3.12 and 5.15 were corrected in response to referee feedback. I also cleaned up the notation in the proof of 5.15

Let f: S' --> S be a finite and faithfully flat morphism of locally noetherian schemes of constant rank n and let G be a smooth, commutative and quasi-projective S-group scheme with connected fibers. For every r>0, let Res_{G}^{(r)}: H^{r}(S_{et},G)---> H^{r}(S'_{et},G) and Cores_{G}^{(r)}: H^{r}(S'_{et},G)---> H^{r}(S_{et},G) be, respectively, the restriction and corestriction maps in etale cohomology induced by f. For certain pairs (f, G), we construct maps \alpha_{r}: Ker Cores_{G}^{(r)}---> Coker Res_{G}^{(r)} and \beta_{r}: Coker Res_{G}^{(r)}---> Ker Cores_{G}^{(r)} such that \alpha_{r}o\beta_{r}=\beta_{r}o\alpha_{r}=n. In the simplest nontrivial case, namely when f is a quadratic Galois covering, we identify the kernel and cokernel of \beta_{r} with the kernel and cokernel of another map Coker Cores_{G}^{(r-1)}---> KerRes_{G}^{(r+1)}. We then discuss several applications, for example to the problem of comparing the (cohomological) Brauer group of a scheme S to that of a quadratic Galois cover S' of S., Comment: First revision (hopefully the last) after referee comments were addressed. New paragraphs on top of pp. 4 and 35, additions to Remark 6.4(a), new statements for Corollaries 8 2 and 1.4, inclusion of Examples 8.4 suggested by referee, two new items added to the bibliography

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. In a first part of this paper, we prove constancy of the canonical graded Betti table among the smooth curves in linear systems on Gorenstein weak Fano toric surfaces. In a second part, we show that Green's canonical syzygy conjecture holds for all smooth curves of genus at most 32 or Clifford index at most 6 on arbitrary toric surfaces. Conversely we use known results on Green's conjecture (due to Lelli-Chiesa)to obtain new facts about graded Betti tables of projectively embedded toric surfaces. ispartof: JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED ALGEBRA vol:224 issue:2 pages:507-527 status: published

Speyer recognized that matroids encode the same data as a special class of tropical linear spaces and Shaw interpreted tropically certain basic matroid constructions; additionally, Frenk developed the perspective of tropical linear spaces as modules over an idempotent semifield. All together, this provides bridges between the combinatorics of matroids, the algebra of idempotent modules, and the geometry of tropical linear spaces. The goal of this paper is to strengthen and expand these bridges by systematically developing the idempotent module theory of matroids. Applications include a geometric interpretation of strong matroid maps and the factorization theorem; a generalized notion of strong matroid maps, via an embedding of the category of matroids into a category of module homomorphisms; a monotonicity property for the stable sum and stable intersection of tropical linear spaces; a novel perspective of fundamental transversal matroids; and a tropical analogue of reduced row echelon form., 22 pages; v3 minor corrections/clarifications; to appear in JPAA

In this paper, we characterize the (generalized) Frobenius powers and critical exponents of two classes of monomial ideals of a polynomial ring in positive characteristic: powers of the homogeneous maximal ideal, and ideals generated by positive powers of the variables. In doing so, we effectively characterize the test ideals and $F$-jumping exponents of sufficiently general homogeneous polynomials, and of all diagonal polynomials. Our characterizations make these invariants computable, and show that they vary uniformly with the congruence class of the characteristic modulo a fixed integer. Moreover, we confirm that for a diagonal polynomial over a field of characteristic zero, the test ideals of its reduction modulo a prime agree with the reductions of its multiplier ideals for infinitely many primes., Comment: 19 pages, 1 figure, comments welcome

Tropical varieties capture combinatorial information about how coordinates of points in a classical variety approach zero or infinity. We present algorithms for computing the rays of a complex and real tropical curve defined by polynomials with constant coefficients. These algorithms rely on homotopy continuation, monodromy loops, and Cauchy integrals. Several examples are presented which are computed using an implementation that builds on the numerical algebraic geometry software Bertini., Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures

In this paper, we prove a conjecture by T. Suzuki, which says if a smooth Fano manifold satisfies some positivity condition on its Chern character, then it can be covered by rational $N$-folds. We prove this conjecture by using purely combinatorial properties of Bernoulli numbers., 12pages

Let $X$ be the blowup of a weighted projective plane at a general point. We study the problem of finite generation of the Cox ring of $X$. Generalizing examples of Srinivasan and Kurano-Nishida, we consider examples of $X$ that contain a negative curve of the class $H-mE$, where $H$ is the class of a divisor pulled back from the weighted projective plane and $E$ is the class of the exceptional curve. For any $m>0$ we construct examples where the Cox ring is finitely generated and examples where it is not., 19 pages, 9 figures

We show that a bound of the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of any power of the ideal sheaf of a smooth projective complex variety $X\subseteq\mathbb{P}^r$ is sharp exactly for complete intersections, provided the variety $X$ is cut out scheme-theoretically by several hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{P}^r$. This generalizes a result of Bertram-Ein-Lazarsfeld., Comment: 7 pages, to appear in the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

In this article we provide examples, methods and algorithms to determine conditions on the parameters of certain type of parametric optimization problems, such that among the resulting local minima and maxima there is at least one which satisfies given polynomial conditions (for example it is singular or symmetric).

We develop a method to compute the Ekedahl-Oort type of a curve C over a field k of characteristic p (which is the isomorphism type of the p-kernel group scheme J[p], where J is the Jacobian of C). Part of our method is general, in that we introduce the new notion of a Hasse-Witt triple, which re-encodes in a useful way the information contained in the Dieudonne module of J[p]. For complete intersection curves we then give a simple method to compute this Hasse-Witt triple. An implementation of this method is available in Magma., Revised version of a preprint from 2020 which I had not yet put on the arXiv. Magma code available on the author's website

We study primary submodules and primary decompositions from a differential and computational point of view. Our main theoretical contribution is a general structure theory and a representation theorem for primary submodules of an arbitrary finitely generated module over a polynomial ring. We characterize primary submodules in terms of differential operators and punctual Quot schemes. Moreover, we introduce and implement an algorithm that computes a minimal differential primary decomposition for a module., Comment: 21 pages; ancillary file provided

We construct an example of a smooth spatial quartic surface that contains 800 irreducible conics., Comment: The paper reflects the considerable development (explicit equations by X. Roulleau and B. Naskrecki) that followed the original version

In many situations, the monodromy group of enumerative problems will be the full symmetric group. In this paper, we study a similar phenomenon on the rational curves in $|\mathcal{O}(1)|$ on a generic K3 surface of fixed genus over $\mathbb{C}$ as the K3 surface varies. We prove that when the K3 surface has genus $g$, $1\leq g\leq 3$, the monodromy group is the full symmetric group., Comment: 26 pages. Accepted version

In this paper we give a complete description of the Hitchin fibration on all 2-dimensional moduli spaces of rank 2 irregular Higgs bundles with two poles on the projective line. We describe the dependence of the singular fibers of the fibration on the eigenvalues of the Higgs fields, and describe the corresponding motivic wall-crossing phenomenon in the parameter space of parabolic weights., Comment: 66 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables

In this note we study linear systems on complete toric varieties $X$ with an invariant point, whose orbit under the action of the automorphism group of $X$ contains the dense torus $T$ of $X$. We give a characterization of such varieties in terms of its defining fan and introduce a new definition of expected dimension of linear systems which consider the contribution given by certain toric subvarieties. Finally, we study degenerations of linear systems on these toric varieties induced by toric degenerations., Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures. Changes in the Main Theorem

In this paper, we study splitting (or toric) non-commutative crepant resolutions (= NCCRs) of some toric rings. In particular, we consider Hibi rings, which are toric rings arising from partially ordered sets, and show that Gorenstein Hibi rings with class group $\mathbb{Z}^2$ have a splitting NCCR. In the appendix, we also discuss Gorenstein toric rings with class group $\mathbb{Z}$, in which case the existence of splitting NCCRs is already known. We especially observe the mutations of modules giving splitting NCCRs for the three dimensional case, and show the connectedness of the exchange graph., Comment: 20 pages, to appear in J. Pure Appl. Algebra, v2: major changes, in particular the structure of Section3 was changed for improving readability

We describe semiuniversal deformation spaces for the noncompact surfaces $Z_k := \operatorname{Tot} (\mathcal O_{\mathbb P^1} (-k))$ and prove that any nontrivial deformation $Z_k (\tau)$ of $Z_k$ is affine. It is known that the moduli spaces of instantons of charge $j$ on $Z_k$ are quasi-projective varieties of dimension $2j-k-2$. In contrast, our results imply that the moduli spaces of instantons on any nontrivial deformation $Z_k (\tau)$ are empty., Comment: 15 pages

Local and category-theoretical entropies associated with an endomorphism of finite length (i.e., with zero-dimensional closed fiber) of a commutative Noetherian local ring are compared. Local entropy is shown to be less than or equal to category-theoretical entropy. The two entropies are shown to be equal when the ring is regular, and also for the Frobenius endomorphism of a complete local ring of positive characteristic. Furthermore, given a flat morphism of Cohen-Macaulay local rings endowed with compatible endomorphisms of finite length, it is shown that local entropy is "additive". Finally, over a ring that is a homomorphic image of a regular local ring, a formula for local entropy in terms of an asymptotic partial Euler characteristic is given., Comment: Final version, published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. This version also includes arXiv:1404.1541 [math.AC]

In what follows, we pose two general conjectures about decompositions of homogeneous polynomials as sums of powers. The first one (suggested by G. Ottaviani) deals with the generic k-rank of complex-valued forms of any degree divisible by k in any number of variables. The second one (by the fourth author) deals with the maximal k-rank of binary forms. We settle the first conjecture in the cases of two variables and the second in the first non-trivial case of the 3-rd powers of quadratic binary forms., 17 pages, 1 figure

In any characteristic different from 2 and 5, Kond\=o gave an example of a K3 surface with a purely non-symplectic automorphism of order 50. The surface was explicitly given as a double plane branched along a smooth sextic curve. In this note we show that, in any characteristic $p\neq 2, 5$, a K3 surface with a cyclic action of order 50 is isomorphic to the example of Kond\=o., Comment: 7 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1402.6803, arXiv:1204.1711

We prove that the set of non-degenerate second order maximally superintegrable systems in the complex Euclidean plane carries a natural structure of a projective variety, equipped with a linear isometry group action. This is done by deriving the corresponding system of homogeneous algebraic equations. We then solve these equations explicitly and give a detailed analysis of the algebraic geometric structure of the corresponding projective variety. This naturally associates a unique planar line triple arrangement to every superintegrable system, providing a geometric realisation of this variety and an intrinsic labelling scheme. In particular, our results confirm the known classification by independent, purely algebraic means., Comment: 27 pages

We consider matrices with entries in a local ring, Mat(m,n,R). Fix a group action, G on Mat(m,n,R), and a subset of allowed deformations, \Sigma\subseteq Mat(m,n,R). The standard question of Singularity Theory is the finite-(\Sigma,G)-determinacy of matrices. Finite determinacy implies algebraizability and is equivalent to a stronger notion: stable algebraizability. In our previous work this determinacy question was reduced to the study of the tangent spaces to \Sigma and to the orbit, T_{(\Sigma,A)}, T_{(GA,A)} , and their quotient, the tangent module to the miniversal deformation. In particular, the order of determinacy is controlled by the annihilator of this tangent module. In this work we study this tangent module for the group action GL(m,R)\times GL(n,R) on Mat(m,n,R) and various natural subgroups of it. We obtain ready-to-use criteria of determinacy for deformations of (embedded) modules, (skew-)symmetric forms, filtered modules, filtered morphisms of filtered modules, chains of modules etc., Comment: The final version

Let X and X' be closed subschemes of an algebraic torus T over a non-archimedean field. We prove the rational equivalence as tropical cycles, in the sense of Henning Meyer's graduate thesis, between the tropicalization of the intersection product of X and X' and the stable intersection of trop(X) and trop(X'), when restricted to (the inverse image under the tropicalization map of) a connected component C of the intersection of trop(X) and trop(X'). This requires possibly passing to a (partial) compactification of T with respect to a suitable fan. We define the compactified stable intersection in a toric tropical variety, and check that this definition is compatible with the intersection product in loc.cit.. As a result we get a numerical equivalence (after a compactification and restricting to C) between the intersection product of X and X' and the stable intersection of trop(X) and trop(X') via the compactified stable intersection. In particular, when X and X' have complementary codimensions, this equivalence generalizes the work of Osserman and Rabinoff, in the sense that the intersection of X and X' is allowed to be of positive dimension. Moreover, if the intersection of the closures of X and X' has finitely many points which tropicalize to the closure of C, we prove a similar equation as in Theorem 6.4 of the paper of Osserman and Rabinoff when the ambient space is a reduced closed subscheme of T (instead of T itself)., Notations revised, more examples added

We study relative $K_0$ of exact categories and triangulated categories. As an application, we construct a cycle class map from Chow groups with modulus to relative $K_0$., 20 pages, final version, to appear in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

The purpose of this article is to show that the bivariant algebraic $A$-cobordism groups considered previously by the author are independent of the chosen base ring $A$. This result is proven by analyzing the bivariant ideal generated by the so called snc relations, and, while the alternative characterization we obtain for this ideal is interesting by itself because of its simplicity, perhaps more importantly it allows us to easily extend the definition of bivariant algebraic cobordism to divisorial Noetherian derived schemes of finite Krull dimension. As an interesting corollary, we define the corresponding homology theory called algebraic bordism. We also generalize projective bundle formula, the theory of Chern classes, the Conner--Floyd theorem and the Grothendieck--Riemann--Roch theorem to this setting. The general definitions of bivariant cobordism is based on the careful study of ample line bundles and quasi-projective morphisms of Noetherian derived schemes, also undertaken in this work., Minor modifications

We study the mod $p$ motivic cohomology of homogeneous varieties such as $GL_{n}/GL_{r}$ or $Sp_{2n}/Sp_{2n-2}$ along with the action of the Steenrod operations, without restrictions on the characteristic of the base field. In particular, we prove that certain quotient maps do not admit sections., Comment: 7 pages

Given a commutative noetherian non-positive DG-ring with bounded cohomology which has a dualizing DG-module, we study its regular, Gorenstein and Cohen-Macaulay loci. We give a sufficient condition for the regular locus to be open, and show that the Gorenstein locus is always open. However, both of these loci are often empty: we show that no matter how nice $\mathrm{H}^0(A)$ is, there are examples where the Gorenstein locus of $A$ is empty. We then show that the Cohen-Macaulay locus of a commutative noetherian DG-ring with bounded cohomology which has a dualizing DG-module always contains a dense open set. Our results imply that under mild hypothesis, eventually coconnective locally noetherian derived schemes are generically Cohen-Macaulay, but that even in very nice cases, they need not be generically Gorenstein., Comment: 10 pages, final version, to appear in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

Jet ampleness of line bundles generalizes very ampleness by requiring the existence of enough global sections to separate not just points and tangent vectors, but also their higher order analogues called jets. We give sharp bounds guaranteeing that a line bundle on a projective toric variety is $k$-jet ample in terms of its intersection numbers with the invariant curves, in terms of the lattice lengths of the edges of its polytope, in terms of the higher concavity of its piecewise linear function and in terms of its Seshadri constant. For example, the tensor power $k+n-2$ of an ample line bundle on a projective toric variety of dimension $n \geq 2$ always generates all $k$-jets, but might not generate all $(k+1)$-jets. As an application, we prove the $k$-jet generalizations of Fujita's conjectures on toric varieties with arbitrary singularities., 24 pages; added a section on Seshadri constants

We show that for any given field $k$ and natural number $r\geq2$, every continuous extension of the absolute Galois group $\mathrm{Gal}_k$ by a finite group is the arithmetic fundamental group of a geometrically connected smooth projective variety over $k$ of dimension $r$., Comment: 7 pages

In this article we study rational curves with a unique unibranch genus-$g$ singularity, which is of {\it $\ka$-hyperelliptic} type in the sense of \cite{To}; we focus on the cases $\ka=0$ and $\ka=1$, in which the semigroup associated to the singularity is of (sub)maximal weight. We obtain a partial classification of these curves according to the linear series they support, the scrolls on which they lie, and their gonality., Comment: An augmented version of the second part of arXiv:1511.08515 focusing on rational curves with singularities of nearly-maximal weight. 23 pages

Let $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,A[n]}$ be the Hassett moduli stack of weighted stable curves, and let $\overline{M}_{g,A[n]}$ be its coarse moduli space. These are compactifications of $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ and $M_{g,n}$ respectively, obtained by assigning rational weights $A = (a_{1},...,a_{n})$, $0< a_{i} \leq 1$ to the markings; they are defined over $\mathbb{Z}$, and therefore over any field. We study the first order infinitesimal deformations of $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,A[n]}$ and $\overline{M}_{g,A[n]}$. In particular, we show that $\overline{M}_{0,A[n]}$ is rigid over any field, if $g\geq 1$ then $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,A[n]}$ is rigid over any field of characteristic zero, and if $g+n > 4$ then the coarse moduli space $\overline{M}_{g,A[n]}$ is rigid over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Finally, we take into account a degeneration of Hassett spaces parametrizing rational curves obtained by allowing the weights to have sum equal to two. In particular, we consider such a Hassett $3$-fold which is isomorphic to the Segre cubic hypersurface in $\mathbb{P}^4$, and we prove that its family of first order infinitesimal deformations is non-singular of dimension ten, and the general deformation is smooth., 14 pages

We study the geometry of standard graded Hilbert schemes of polynomial rings and exterior algebras. Our investigation is motivated by a famous theorem of Reeves and Stillman for the Grothendieck Hilbert scheme, which states that the lexicographic point is smooth. By contrast, we show that, in standard graded Hilbert schemes of polynomial rings and exterior algebras, the lexicographic point can be singular, and it can lie in multiple irreducible components. We answer questions of Peeva-Stillman and of Maclagan-Smith., Comment: 13 pages. To appear on Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

The theory of framed motives by Garkusha and Panin gives computations in the stable motivic homotopy category $\mathbf{SH}(k)$ in terms of Voevodsky's framed correspondences. In particular the motivically fibrant $\Omega$-resolution in positive degrees of the motivic suspension spectrum $\Sigma_{\mathbb P^1}^\infty X_+$, where $X_+=X\amalg *$, for a smooth scheme $X\in \mathrm{Sm}_k$ over an infinite perfect field $k$, is computed. The computation by Garkusha, Neshitov and Panin of the framed motives of relative motivic spheres $(\mathbb A^l\times X,(\mathbb A^l-0)\times X)$, $X\in \mathrm{Sm}_k$, is one of ingredients in the theory. In the article we extend this result to the case of a pair $(X,U)$ given by a smooth affine variety $X$ over $k$ and an open subscheme $U\subset X$. The result gives the explicit motivically fibrant $\Omega$-resolution in positive degrees for the motivic suspension spectrum $\Sigma_{\mathbb P^1}^\infty (X_+/U_+)$ of the factor-sheaf $X_+/U_+$., Comment: The deduction of the theorem 1 from the cone theorem for is corrected

We study the inverse problem in the difference Galois theory of linear differential equations over the difference-differential field $\mathbb{C}(x)$ with derivation $\frac{d}{dx}$ and endomorphism $f(x)\mapsto f(x+1)$. Our main result is that every linear algebraic group, considered as a difference algebraic group, occurs as the difference Galois group of some linear differential equation over $\mathbb{C}(x)$., 29 pages, new Section 6.2

We describe explicitly the chamber structure of the movable cone for a general smooth complete intersection Calabi-Yau threefold $X$ of Picard number two in certain Pr-ruled Fano manifold and hence verify the Morrison-Kawamata cone conjecture for such $X$. Moreover, all birational minimal models of such Calabi-Yau threefolds are found, whose number is finite up to isomorphism., 42 pages. Correct some typos in this new version. Comments are welcome

This paper is devoted to settle two still open problems, connected with the existence of ample and nef divisors on a Q-factorial complete toric variety. The first problem is about the existence of ample divisors when the Picard number is 2: we give a positive answer to this question, by studying the secondary fan by means of Z-linear Gale duality. The second problem is about the minimum value of the Picard number allowing the vanishing of the Nef cone: we present a 3-dimensional example showing that this value cannot be greater then 3, which, under the previous result, is also the minimum value guaranteeing the existence of non-projective examples., Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures. Minor changes following the referee's advise: list of notation suppressed, few typos fixed, references updated. Final version to appear in Advances in Geometry

We study tautological classes on the moduli space of stable $n$-pointed hyperelliptic curves of genus $g$ with rational tails. Our result gives a complete description of tautological relations. The method is based on the approach of Yin in comparing tautological classes on the moduli of curves and the universal Jacobian. It is proven that all relations come from the Jacobian side. The intersection pairings are shown to be perfect in all degrees. We show that the tautological algebra coincides with its image in cohomology via the cycle class map. The latter is identified with monodromy invariant classes in cohomology. The connection with recent conjectures by Pixton is also discussed., Comment: 38 pages, 1 figure

We develop notions of valuations on a semiring, with a view toward extending the classical theory of abstract nonsingular curves and discrete valuation rings to this general algebraic setting; the novelty of our approach lies in the implementation of hyperrings to yield a new definition (\emph{hyperfield valuation}). In particular, we classify valuations on the semifield $\mathbb{Q}_{max}$ (the max-plus semifield of rational numbers) and also valuations on the `function field' $\mathbb{Q}_{max}(T)$ (the semifield of rational functions over $\mathbb{Q}_{max}$) which are trivial on $\mathbb{Q}_{max}$. We construct and study the abstract curve associated to $\mathbb{Q}_{max}(T)$ in relation to the projective line $\mathbb{P}^1_{\mathbb{F}_1}$ over the field with one element $\mathbb{F}_{1}$ and the tropical projective line. Finally, we discuss possible connections to tropical curves and Berkovich's theory of analytic spaces., Comment: 24 pages, updated and extended, in the current version the tropical projective line is interpreted as an abstract curve in the semiring setting

According to a conjecture attributed to Hartshorne and Lichtenbaum and proven by Ellingsrud and Peskine, the smooth rational surfaces in $\mathbb{P}^4$ belong to only finitely many families. We formulate and study a collection of analogous problems in which $\mathbb{P}^4$ is replaced by a smooth fourfold $X$ with vanishing first integral Chern class. We embed such $X$ into a smooth ambient variety and count families of smooth surfaces which arise in $X$ from the ambient variety. We obtain various finiteness results in such settings. The central technique is the introduction of a new numerical invariant for smooth surfaces in smooth fourfolds with vanishing first Chern class., final version, published in the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

We prove that the moduli spaces of rational curves of degree at most 3 in linear sections of the Grassmannian G r ( 2 , 5 ) are all rational varieties. We also study their compactifications and birational geometry.

We use Matsui and Takeuchi's formula for toric A-discriminants to give algorithms for computing local Euler obstructions and dual degrees of toric surfaces and 3-folds. In particular, we consider weighted projective spaces. As an application we give counterexamples to a conjecture by Matsui and Takeuchi. As another application we recover the well-known fact that the only defective normal toric surfaces are cones.

Inspired by the work of Bhatt and Singh [3] we compute the F-pure threshold of quasi-homogeneous polynomials. We first consider the case of a curve given by a quasi-homogeneous polynomial f in three variables x , y , z of degree equal to the degree of xyz and then we proceed with the general case of a Calabi–Yau hypersurface, i.e. a hypersurface given by a quasi-homogeneous polynomial f in n + 1 variables x 0 , … , x n of degree equal to the degree of x 0 ⋯ x n .