Introduction

William Fulton ()
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William Fulton: University of Michigan, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Intersection Theory, 1998, pp 1-5 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A useful intersection theory requires more than the construction of rings of cycle classes on non-singular varieties. For example, if A and B are subvarieties of a non-singular variety X, the intersection product A·B should be an equivalence class of algebraic cycles closely related to the geometry of how A∩B, A and B are situated in X. Two extreme cases have been most familiar. If the intersection is proper, i.e., dim (A∩B) = dim A + dim B - dim X,then A · B is a linear combination of the irreducible components of A∩B, with coefficients the intersection multiplicities. At the other extreme, if A = B is a non-singular subvariety, the self-intersection formula says that A·B is represented by the top Chern class of the normal bundle of A in X. In each case A·B is represented by a cycle on A∩B, well-defined up to rational equivalence on A∩B. One consequence of the theory developed here is a construction of, and formulas for, the intersection product A·B as a rational equivalence class of cycles on A∩B, regardless of the dimensions of the components of A∩B. We call such classes refined intersection products. Similarly other intersection formulas such as the Giambelli-Thom-Porteous formulas for the degeneracy loci of a vector bundle homomorphism, are constructed on and related to the geometry of these loci, including the cases where the loci have excess dimensions.

Keywords: Vector Bundle; Irreducible Component; Chern Class; Intersection Product; Intersection Class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1700-8_1

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