Hermite Reciprocity and Schwarzenberger Bundles

Claudiu Raicu () and Steven V Sam ()
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Claudiu Raicu: University of Notre Dame, Department of Mathematics
Steven V Sam: University of California, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Commutative Algebra, 2021, pp 689-721 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Hermite reciprocity refers to a series of natural isomorphisms involving compositions of symmetric, exterior, and divided powers of the standard SL 2 $$\operatorname {SL}_2$$ -representation. We survey several equivalent constructions of these isomorphisms, as well as their recent applications to Green’s Conjecture on syzygies of canonical curves. The most geometric approach to Hermite reciprocity is based on an idea of Voisin to realize certain multilinear constructions cohomologically by working on a Hilbert scheme of points. We explain how in the case of P1 this can be reformulated in terms of cohomological properties of Schwarzenberger bundles. We then proceed to study these bundles from several perspectives: 1. We show that their exterior powers have supernatural cohomology, arising as special cases of a construction of Eisenbud and Schreyer. 2. We recover basic properties of secant varieties Σ of rational normal curves (normality, Cohen–Macaulayness, rational singularities) by considering their desingularizations via Schwarzenberger bundles, and applying the Kempf–Weyman geometric technique. 3. We show that Hermite reciprocity is equivalent to the self-duality of the unique rank one Ulrich module on the affine cone Σ ^ $$\widehat {\Sigma }$$ of some secant variety, and we explain how for a Schwarzenberger bundle of rank k and degree d ≥ k, Hermite reciprocity can be viewed as the unique (up to scaling) non-zero section of ( Sym k ℰ ) ( − d + k − 1 ) $$(\operatorname {Sym}^k\mathcal {E})(-d+k-1)$$ .

Keywords: Hermite reciprocity; Syzygies; Binary forms; Schwarzenberger bundles; Canonical curves; Supernatural cohomology; Secant varieties; Ulrich modules; Primary; 13D02 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89694-2_23

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