Nonemptiness of symmetric degeneracy loci

dc.creatorGraham, William
dc.date2003-05-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:57:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:57:55Z
dc.descriptionLet V be a rank N vector bundle on a d-dimensional complex projective scheme X; assume that V is equipped with a quadratic form with values in a line bundle L and that S^2 V^* \otimes L is ample. Suppose that the maximum rank of the quadratic form at any point of X is r > 0. The main result of this paper is that if d > N-r, then the locus of points where the rank of the quadratic form is at most r-1 is nonempty. We give some applications to subschemes of matrices, and to degeneracy loci associated to embeddings in projective space. The paper concludes with an appendix on Gysin maps. The main result of the appendix identifies a Gysin map with the natural map from ordinary to relative cohomology.
dc.description31 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0305159
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0305159
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/67433
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject14N05
dc.titleNonemptiness of symmetric degeneracy loci
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