Calculating discriminants by higher direct images
Calculating discriminants by higher direct images
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通过更高的直接图像计算判别式
DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9947-1994-1184118-6
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1994
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J. Weyman
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J. Weyman
The author uses the homological algebra to construct for any line bundle Y on a nonsingular projective variety X the complex IF(S) whose determinant is equal to the equation of the dual variety Xv . This generalizes the Cayley-Koszul complexes defined by Gelfand, Kapranov and Zelevinski. The formulas for the codimension and degree of Xv in terms of complexes F(Y) are given. In the second part of the article the general technique is applied to classical discriminants and hyperdeterminants. This paper consists of two parts. In the first part (?? 1 and 2) we give the method for calculating generalized discriminants considered by Gelfand, Kapranov and Zelevinski (cf. [G-K-Z]). The generalized discriminant is defined for any nonsingular projective variety X as the defining equation of the dual variety XV. The method for calculating these equations introduced here uses the conormal construction and the technique of higher direct images. For each line bundle Y on X we define the canonical complex IF(S), obtained by pushing down the twisted Koszul resolutions associated to the canonical desingularisation of the dual variety XV. The complex IF(Y) allows to calculate explicitly the degree of the discriminant and give the expression for it in terms of Buchsbaum-Eisenbud multipliers associated to IF(Y). The general technique is described in ? 1 where all general formulas are proved. Section 2 deals with the case of G-discriminants. They occur when the nonsingular variety X is the G-orbit of the highest weight vector in the irreducible representation of the reductive group G. In the second part (??3 and 4) we investigate the determinantal expressions of the discriminants. They arise naturally in the context of the complexes F(Y) . If the complex 1F(2') has only two terms, it reduces to a matrix. In such cases the discriminant becomes the determinant of this matrix. Section 3 deals with the case of the discriminant of a homogeneous polynomial of degree m. Classically such formulas were known for the case of two variables (Sylvester and Bezout formulas) and three variables, which is treated in the book of Salmon [S]. In ?3 we give a list of such formulas. In the case of two variables this list includes the Sylvester expression (?3.2, m arbitrary, a = -1) and Bezout expression (?3.2, m arbitrary, a = m 2). Moreover, these formulas appear as the extreme cases of the whole series of determinantal expressions of similar type. Section 3.3 deals with the case of three variables. Received by the editors March 27, 1992 and, in revised form, October 5, 1992. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 13D25, 14N05; Secondary 13D02, 14M15, 15A72. (?) 1994 American Mathematical Society 0002-9947/94 $1.00 + $.25 per page