Factorization of point configurations, cyclic covers, and conformal blocks

Michele Bolognesi; Noah Giansiracusa

Journal of the European Mathematical Society (2015)

  • Volume: 017, Issue: 10, page 2453-2471
  • ISSN: 1435-9855

Abstract

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We describe a relation between the invariants of n ordered points in projective d -space and of points contained in a union of two linear subspaces. This yields an attaching map for GIT quotients parameterizing point configurations in these spaces, and we show that it respects the Segre product of the natural GIT polarizations. Associated to a configuration supported on a rational normal curve is a cyclic cover, and we show that if the branch points are weighted by the GIT linearization and the rational normal curve degenerates, then the admissible covers limit is a cyclic cover with weights as in this attaching map. We find that both GIT polarizations and the Hodge class for families of cyclic covers yield line bundles on M ¯ 0 , n with functorial restriction to the boundary. We introduce a notion of divisorial factorization, abstracting an axiom from rational conformal field theory, to encode this property and show that it determines the isomorphism class of these line bundles. Consequently, we obtain a unified, geometric proof of two recent results on conformal block bundles, one by Fedorchuk and one by Gibney and the second author.

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Bolognesi, Michele, and Giansiracusa, Noah. "Factorization of point configurations, cyclic covers, and conformal blocks." Journal of the European Mathematical Society 017.10 (2015): 2453-2471. <http://eudml.org/doc/277469>.

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journal = {Journal of the European Mathematical Society},
keywords = {GIT; factorization; ramified cover; conformal blocks; GIT; factorization; ramified cover; conformal blocks},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Bolognesi, Michele
AU - Giansiracusa, Noah
TI - Factorization of point configurations, cyclic covers, and conformal blocks
JO - Journal of the European Mathematical Society
PY - 2015
PB - European Mathematical Society Publishing House
VL - 017
IS - 10
SP - 2453
EP - 2471
AB - We describe a relation between the invariants of $n$ ordered points in projective $d$-space and of points contained in a union of two linear subspaces. This yields an attaching map for GIT quotients parameterizing point configurations in these spaces, and we show that it respects the Segre product of the natural GIT polarizations. Associated to a configuration supported on a rational normal curve is a cyclic cover, and we show that if the branch points are weighted by the GIT linearization and the rational normal curve degenerates, then the admissible covers limit is a cyclic cover with weights as in this attaching map. We find that both GIT polarizations and the Hodge class for families of cyclic covers yield line bundles on $\overline{M}_{0,n}$ with functorial restriction to the boundary. We introduce a notion of divisorial factorization, abstracting an axiom from rational conformal field theory, to encode this property and show that it determines the isomorphism class of these line bundles. Consequently, we obtain a unified, geometric proof of two recent results on conformal block bundles, one by Fedorchuk and one by Gibney and the second author.
LA - eng
KW - GIT; factorization; ramified cover; conformal blocks; GIT; factorization; ramified cover; conformal blocks
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/277469
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