The Euler characteristic of degeneracy loci

1998 ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
William Fulton ◽  
Piotr Pragacz
Keyword(s):  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Degeneracy Loci

scholarly journals Schubert complexes and degeneracy loci

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven V Sam
Keyword(s):  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Homology Class ◽  
Schur Polynomials ◽  
Degeneracy Loci ◽  
Schubert Polynomials ◽  
Conceptual Proof ◽  
Degeneracy Locus ◽  
Alternating Sums ◽  
International Audience

International audience The classical Thom―Porteous formula expresses the homology class of the degeneracy locus of a generic map between two vector bundles as an alternating sum of Schur polynomials. A proof of this formula was given by Pragacz by expressing this alternating sum as the Euler characteristic of a Schur complex, which gives an explanation for the signs. Fulton later generalized this formula to the situation of flags of vector bundles by using alternating sums of Schubert polynomials. Building on the Schubert functors of Kraśkiewicz and Pragacz, we introduce Schubert complexes and show that Fulton's alternating sum can be realized as the Euler characteristic of this complex, thereby providing a conceptual proof for why an alternating sum appears. \par La formule classique de Thom―Porteous exprime la classe d'homologie du locus de la dégénérescence d'une fonction générique entre deux fibrés vectoriels comme une somme alternée des polynômes de Schur. Un preuve de cette formule a été donnée par Pragacz en exprimant ce alternant somme comme la caractéristique d'Euler d'un complexe de Schur, ce qui donne une explication pour les signes. Fulton puis généralisée cette formule à la situation des drapeaux de fibrés vectoriels à l'aide alternant des sommes de polynômes de Schubert. S'appuyant sur le Schubert foncteurs de Kraśkiewicz et Pragacz, nous introduisons les complexes de Schubert et montrent que la somme alternée de Fulton peuvent être réalisées en tant que Euler caractéristique de ce complexe, fournissant ainsi une preuve conceptuelle pour lesquelles une somme alternée appara\^ıt.

scholarly journals Vortices over Riemann surfaces and dominated splittings

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
THOMAS METTLER ◽  
GABRIEL P. PATERNAIN
Keyword(s):  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Tangent Bundle ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Dominated Splitting ◽  
Vortex Equations ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Unit Tangent Bundle ◽  
Anosov Flows

Abstract We associate a flow $\phi $ with a solution of the vortex equations on a closed oriented Riemannian 2-manifold $(M,g)$ of negative Euler characteristic and investigate its properties. We show that $\phi $ always admits a dominated splitting and identify special cases in which $\phi $ is Anosov. In particular, starting from holomorphic differentials of fractional degree, we produce novel examples of Anosov flows on suitable roots of the unit tangent bundle of $(M,g)$ .

scholarly journals Tropical geometry and the motivic nearby fiber

2011 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Katz ◽  
Alan Stapledon
Keyword(s):  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Hodge Structure ◽  
Tropical Geometry ◽  
Mixed Hodge Structure ◽  
General Fiber ◽  
Algebraic Torus ◽  
Tropical Varieties

AbstractWe construct motivic invariants of a subvariety of an algebraic torus from its tropicalization and initial degenerations. More specifically, we introduce an invariant of a compactification of such a variety called the ‘tropical motivic nearby fiber’. This invariant specializes in the schön case to the Hodge–Deligne polynomial of the limit mixed Hodge structure of a corresponding degeneration. We give purely combinatorial expressions for this Hodge–Deligne polynomial in the cases of schön hypersurfaces and matroidal tropical varieties. We also deduce a formula for the Euler characteristic of a general fiber of the degeneration.

scholarly journals Topology of Subvarieties of Complex Semi-abelian Varieties

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongqiang Liu ◽  
Laurentiu Maxim ◽  
Botong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Morse Theory ◽  
Characteristic Property ◽  
Abelian Varieties ◽  
Betti Numbers ◽  
Local Systems ◽  
Affine Manifolds ◽  
Cyclic Covers ◽  
Rank One ◽  
Generic Vanishing

Abstract We use the non-proper Morse theory of Palais–Smale to investigate the topology of smooth closed subvarieties of complex semi-abelian varieties and that of their infinite cyclic covers. As main applications, we obtain the finite generation (except in the middle degree) of the corresponding integral Alexander modules as well as the signed Euler characteristic property and generic vanishing for rank-one local systems on such subvarieties. Furthermore, we give a more conceptual (topological) interpretation of the signed Euler characteristic property in terms of vanishing of Novikov homology. As a byproduct, we prove a generic vanishing result for the $L^2$-Betti numbers of very affine manifolds. Our methods also recast June Huh’s extension of Varchenko’s conjecture to very affine manifolds and provide a generalization of this result in the context of smooth closed sub-varieties of semi-abelian varieties.

scholarly journals Kinematic formula and tube formula in space of constant curvature

1990 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Sungyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Constant Curvature ◽  
Kinematic Formula ◽  
Curvature Invariants ◽  
Space Of Constant Curvature

The Euler characteristic of an even dimensional submanifold in a space of constant curvature is given in terms of Weyl's curvature invariants. A derivation of Chern's kinematic formula in non-Euclidean space is completed. As an application of above results Weyl's tube formula about an odd-dimensional submanifold in a space of constant curvature is obtained.

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