Semistability and restrictions of tangent bundle to curves
Abstract
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We consider all complex projective manifolds X that satisfy at least one of the following three conditions:
1. There exists a pair $(C ,φ)$, where $C$ is a compact connected Riemann surface and $φ: C\to X$ a holomorphic map, such that the pull back $φ^*TX$ is not semistable.
2. The variety $X$ admits an étale covering by an abelian variety.
3. The dimension $\dim X \leq 1$.
We conjecture that all complex projective manifolds are of the above type, and prove that the following classes are among those that are of the above type. i) All $X$ with a finite fundamental group. ii) All $X$ such that there is a nonconstant morphism from the projective line to $X$. iii) All $X$ such that the canonical line bundle $K_X$ is either positive or negative or $c_1(K_X) \in H^2(X, {\mathbb Q})$ vanishes. iv) All projective surfaces.
Geometriae Dedicata (to appear)
Geometriae Dedicata (to appear)