In algebraic geometry, the Quot scheme is a scheme parametrizing sheaves on a projective scheme. More specifically, if X is a projective scheme over a Noetherian scheme S and if F is a coherent sheaf on X, then there is a scheme
Quot
F
(
X
)
{\displaystyle \operatorname {Quot} _{F}(X)}
whose set of T-points
Quot
F
(
X
)
(
T
)
=
Mor
S
(
T
,
Quot
F
(
X
)
)
{\displaystyle \operatorname {Quot} _{F}(X)(T)=\operatorname {Mor} _{S}(T,\operatorname {Quot} _{F}(X))}
is the set of isomorphism classes of the quotients of
F
×
S
T
{\displaystyle F\times _{S}T}
that are flat over T. The notion was introduced by Alexander Grothendieck.[1]
It is typically used to construct another scheme parametrizing geometric objects that are of interest such as a Hilbert scheme. (In fact, taking F to be the structure sheaf
O
X
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}_{X}}
gives a Hilbert scheme.)
Definition
For a scheme of finite type
X
→
S
{\displaystyle X\to S}
over a Noetherian base scheme
S
{\displaystyle S}
, and a coherent sheaf
E
∈
Coh
(
X
)
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {E}}\in {\text{Coh}}(X)}
, there is a functor[2][3]
Q u o t E / X / S : ( S c h / S ) o p → Sets {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}:(Sch/S)^{op}\to {\text{Sets}}}
sending
T
→
S
{\displaystyle T\to S}
to
Q u o t E / X / S ( T ) = { ( F , q ) : F ∈ QCoh ( X T ) F finitely presented over X T Supp ( F ) is proper over T F is flat over T q : E T → F surjective } / ∼ {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}(T)=\left\{({\mathcal {F}},q):{\begin{matrix}{\mathcal {F}}\in {\text{QCoh}}(X_{T})\\{\mathcal {F}}\ {\text{finitely presented over}}\ X_{T}\\{\text{Supp}}({\mathcal {F}}){\text{ is proper over }}T\\{\mathcal {F}}{\text{ is flat over }}T\\q:{\mathcal {E}}_{T}\to {\mathcal {F}}{\text{ surjective}}\end{matrix}}\right\}/\sim }
where
X
T
=
X
×
S
T
{\displaystyle X_{T}=X\times _{S}T}
and
E
T
=
p
r
X
∗
E
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {E}}_{T}=pr_{X}^{*}{\mathcal {E}}}
under the projection
p
r
X
:
X
T
→
X
{\displaystyle pr_{X}:X_{T}\to X}
. There is an equivalence relation given by
(
F
,
q
)
∼
(
F
′
,
q
′
)
{\displaystyle ({\mathcal {F}},q)\sim ({\mathcal {F}}',q')}
if there is an isomorphism
F
→
F
′
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}\to {\mathcal {F}}'}
commuting with the two projections
q
,
q
′
{\displaystyle q,q'}
; that is,
E T → q F ↓ ↓ E T → q ′ F ′ {\displaystyle {\begin{matrix}{\mathcal {E}}_{T}&{\xrightarrow {q}}&{\mathcal {F}}\\\downarrow {}&&\downarrow \\{\mathcal {E}}_{T}&{\xrightarrow {q'}}&{\mathcal {F}}'\end{matrix}}}
is a commutative diagram for
E
T
→
i
d
E
T
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {E}}_{T}{\xrightarrow {id}}{\mathcal {E}}_{T}}
. Alternatively, there is an equivalent condition of holding
ker
(
q
)
=
ker
(
q
′
)
{\displaystyle {\text{ker}}(q)={\text{ker}}(q')}
. This is called the quot functor which has a natural stratification into a disjoint union of subfunctors, each of which is represented by a projective
S
{\displaystyle S}
-scheme called the quot scheme associated to a Hilbert polynomial
Φ
{\displaystyle \Phi }
.
Hilbert polynomial
For a relatively very ample line bundle
L
∈
Pic
(
X
)
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}\in {\text{Pic}}(X)}
[4] and any closed point
s
∈
S
{\displaystyle s\in S}
there is a function
Φ
F
:
N
→
N
{\displaystyle \Phi _{\mathcal {F}}:\mathbb {N} \to \mathbb {N} }
sending
m
↦
χ
(
F
s
(
m
)
)
=
∑
i
=
0
n
(
−
1
)
i
dim
κ
(
s
)
H
i
(
X
,
F
s
⊗
L
s
⊗
m
)
{\displaystyle m\mapsto \chi ({\mathcal {F}}_{s}(m))=\sum _{i=0}^{n}(-1)^{i}{\text{dim}}_{\kappa (s)}H^{i}(X,{\mathcal {F}}_{s}\otimes {\mathcal {L}}_{s}^{\otimes m})}
which is a polynomial for
m
>>
0
{\displaystyle m>>0}
. This is called the Hilbert polynomial which gives a natural stratification of the quot functor. Again, for
L
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}}
fixed there is a disjoint union of subfunctors
Q u o t E / X / S = ∐ Φ ∈ Q [ t ] Q u o t E / X / S Φ , L {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}=\coprod _{\Phi \in \mathbb {Q} [t]}{\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}^{\Phi ,{\mathcal {L}}}}
where
Q u o t E / X / S Φ , L ( T ) = { ( F , q ) ∈ Q u o t E / X / S ( T ) : Φ F = Φ } {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}^{\Phi ,{\mathcal {L}}}(T)=\left\{({\mathcal {F}},q)\in {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}(T):\Phi _{\mathcal {F}}=\Phi \right\}}
The Hilbert polynomial
Φ
F
{\displaystyle \Phi _{\mathcal {F}}}
is the Hilbert polynomial of
F
t
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}_{t}}
for closed points
t
∈
T
{\displaystyle t\in T}
. Note the Hilbert polynomial is independent of the choice of very ample line bundle
L
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}}
.
Grothendieck's existence theorem
It is a theorem of Grothendieck's that the functors
Q
u
o
t
E
/
X
/
S
Φ
,
L
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}^{\Phi ,{\mathcal {L}}}}
are all representable by projective schemes
Quot
E
/
X
/
S
Φ
{\displaystyle {\text{Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}^{\Phi }}
over
S
{\displaystyle S}
.
Examples
Grassmannian
The Grassmannian
G
(
n
,
k
)
{\displaystyle G(n,k)}
of
k
{\displaystyle k}
-planes in an
n
{\displaystyle n}
-dimensional vector space has a universal quotient
O G ( n , k ) ⊕ k → U {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}_{G(n,k)}^{\oplus k}\to {\mathcal {U}}}
where
U
x
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {U}}_{x}}
is the
k
{\displaystyle k}
-plane represented by
x
∈
G
(
n
,
k
)
{\displaystyle x\in G(n,k)}
. Since
U
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {U}}}
is locally free and at every point it represents a
k
{\displaystyle k}
-plane, it has the constant Hilbert polynomial
Φ
(
λ
)
=
k
{\displaystyle \Phi (\lambda )=k}
. This shows
G
(
n
,
k
)
{\displaystyle G(n,k)}
represents the quot functor
Q u o t O G ( n , k ) ⊕ ( n ) / Spec ( Z ) / Spec ( Z ) k , O G ( n , k ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}_{G(n,k)}^{\oplus (n)}/{\text{Spec}}(\mathbb {Z} )/{\text{Spec}}(\mathbb {Z} )}^{k,{\mathcal {O}}_{G(n,k)}}}
Projective space
As a special case, we can construct the projective bundle
P
(
E
)
{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ({\mathcal {E}})}
over
X
{\displaystyle X}
as the quot scheme
Q u o t E / X / S 1 , O X {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {E}}/X/S}^{1,{\mathcal {O}}_{X}}}
for a sheaf
E
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {E}}}
on an
S
{\displaystyle S}
-scheme
X
{\displaystyle X}
.
Hilbert scheme
The Hilbert scheme is a special example of the quot scheme. Notice a subscheme
Z
⊂
X
{\displaystyle Z\subset X}
can be given as a projection
O X → O Z {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}_{X}\to {\mathcal {O}}_{Z}}
and a flat family of such projections parametrized by a scheme
T
∈
S
c
h
/
S
{\displaystyle T\in Sch/S}
can be given by
O X T → F {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}_{X_{T}}\to {\mathcal {F}}}
Since there is a hilbert polynomial associated to
Z
{\displaystyle Z}
, denoted
Φ
Z
{\displaystyle \Phi _{Z}}
, there is an isomorphism of schemes
Quot O X / X / S Φ Z ≅ Hilb X / S Φ Z {\displaystyle {\text{Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}_{X}/X/S}^{\Phi _{Z}}\cong {\text{Hilb}}_{X/S}^{\Phi _{Z}}}
Example of a parameterization
If
X
=
P
k
n
{\displaystyle X=\mathbb {P} _{k}^{n}}
and
S
=
Spec
(
k
)
{\displaystyle S={\text{Spec}}(k)}
for an algebraically closed field, then a non-zero section
s
∈
Γ
(
O
(
d
)
)
{\displaystyle s\in \Gamma ({\mathcal {O}}(d))}
has vanishing locus
Z
=
Z
(
s
)
{\displaystyle Z=Z(s)}
with Hilbert polynomial
Φ Z ( λ ) = ( n + λ n ) − ( n − d + λ n ) {\displaystyle \Phi _{Z}(\lambda )={\binom {n+\lambda }{n}}-{\binom {n-d+\lambda }{n}}}
Then, there is a surjection
O → O Z {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}\to {\mathcal {O}}_{Z}}
with kernel
O
(
−
d
)
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}(-d)}
. Since
s
{\displaystyle s}
was an arbitrary non-zero section, and the vanishing locus of
a
⋅
s
{\displaystyle a\cdot s}
for
a
∈
k
∗
{\displaystyle a\in k^{*}}
gives the same vanishing locus, the scheme
Q
=
P
(
Γ
(
O
(
d
)
)
)
{\displaystyle Q=\mathbb {P} (\Gamma ({\mathcal {O}}(d)))}
gives a natural parameterization of all such sections. There is a sheaf
E
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {E}}}
on
X
×
Q
{\displaystyle X\times Q}
such that for any
[
s
]
∈
Q
{\displaystyle [s]\in Q}
, there is an associated subscheme
Z
⊂
X
{\displaystyle Z\subset X}
and surjection
O
→
O
Z
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}\to {\mathcal {O}}_{Z}}
. This construction represents the quot functor
Q u o t O / P n / Spec ( k ) Φ Z {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}/\mathbb {P} ^{n}/{\text{Spec}}(k)}^{\Phi _{Z}}}
Quadrics in the projective plane
If
X
=
P
2
{\displaystyle X=\mathbb {P} ^{2}}
and
s
∈
Γ
(
O
(
2
)
)
{\displaystyle s\in \Gamma ({\mathcal {O}}(2))}
, the Hilbert polynomial is
Φ Z ( λ ) = ( 2 + λ 2 ) − ( 2 − 2 + λ 2 ) = ( λ + 2 ) ( λ + 1 ) 2 − λ ( λ − 1 ) 2 = λ 2 + 3 λ + 2 2 − λ 2 − λ 2 = 2 λ + 2 2 = λ + 1 {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\Phi _{Z}(\lambda )&={\binom {2+\lambda }{2}}-{\binom {2-2+\lambda }{2}}\\&={\frac {(\lambda +2)(\lambda +1)}{2}}-{\frac {\lambda (\lambda -1)}{2}}\\&={\frac {\lambda ^{2}+3\lambda +2}{2}}-{\frac {\lambda ^{2}-\lambda }{2}}\\&={\frac {2\lambda +2}{2}}\\&=\lambda +1\end{aligned}}}
and
Quot O / P 2 / Spec ( k ) λ + 1 ≅ P ( Γ ( O ( 2 ) ) ) ≅ P 5 {\displaystyle {\text{Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}/\mathbb {P} ^{2}/{\text{Spec}}(k)}^{\lambda +1}\cong \mathbb {P} (\Gamma ({\mathcal {O}}(2)))\cong \mathbb {P} ^{5}}
The universal quotient over
P
5
×
P
2
{\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{5}\times \mathbb {P} ^{2}}
is given by
O → U {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}\to {\mathcal {U}}}
where the fiber over a point
[
Z
]
∈
Quot
O
/
P
2
/
Spec
(
k
)
λ
+
1
{\displaystyle [Z]\in {\text{Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}/\mathbb {P} ^{2}/{\text{Spec}}(k)}^{\lambda +1}}
gives the projective morphism
O → O Z {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}\to {\mathcal {O}}_{Z}}
For example, if
[
Z
]
=
[
a
0
:
a
1
:
a
2
:
a
3
:
a
4
:
a
5
]
{\displaystyle [Z]=[a_{0}:a_{1}:a_{2}:a_{3}:a_{4}:a_{5}]}
represents the coefficients of
f = a 0 x 2 + a 1 x y + a 2 x z + a 3 y 2 + a 4 y z + a 5 z 2 {\displaystyle f=a_{0}x^{2}+a_{1}xy+a_{2}xz+a_{3}y^{2}+a_{4}yz+a_{5}z^{2}}
then the universal quotient over
[
Z
]
{\displaystyle [Z]}
gives the short exact sequence
0 → O ( − 2 ) → f O → O Z → 0 {\displaystyle 0\to {\mathcal {O}}(-2){\xrightarrow {f}}{\mathcal {O}}\to {\mathcal {O}}_{Z}\to 0}
Semistable vector bundles on a curve
Semistable vector bundles on a curve
C
{\displaystyle C}
of genus
g
{\displaystyle g}
can equivalently be described as locally free sheaves of finite rank. Such locally free sheaves
F
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}}
of rank
n
{\displaystyle n}
and degree
d
{\displaystyle d}
have the properties[5]
-
H
1
(
C
,
F
)
=
0
{\displaystyle H^{1}(C,{\mathcal {F}})=0}
-
F
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}}
is generated by global sections
for
d
>
n
(
2
g
−
1
)
{\displaystyle d>n(2g-1)}
. This implies there is a surjection
H 0 ( C , F ) ⊗ O C ≅ O C ⊕ N → F {\displaystyle H^{0}(C,{\mathcal {F}})\otimes {\mathcal {O}}_{C}\cong {\mathcal {O}}_{C}^{\oplus N}\to {\mathcal {F}}}
Then, the quot scheme
Q
u
o
t
O
C
⊕
N
/
C
/
Z
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}_{C}^{\oplus N}/{\mathcal {C}}/\mathbb {Z} }}
parametrizes all such surjections. Using the Grothendieck–Riemann–Roch theorem the dimension
N
{\displaystyle N}
is equal to
χ ( F ) = d + n ( 1 − g ) {\displaystyle \chi ({\mathcal {F}})=d+n(1-g)}
For a fixed line bundle
L
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}}
of degree
1
{\displaystyle 1}
there is a twisting
F
(
m
)
=
F
⊗
L
⊗
m
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}(m)={\mathcal {F}}\otimes {\mathcal {L}}^{\otimes m}}
, shifting the degree by
n
m
{\displaystyle nm}
, so
χ ( F ( m ) ) = m n + d + n ( 1 − g ) {\displaystyle \chi ({\mathcal {F}}(m))=mn+d+n(1-g)}
[5]
giving the Hilbert polynomial
Φ F ( λ ) = n λ + d + n ( 1 − g ) {\displaystyle \Phi _{\mathcal {F}}(\lambda )=n\lambda +d+n(1-g)}
Then, the locus of semi-stable vector bundles is contained in
Q u o t O C ⊕ N / C / Z Φ F , L {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Quot}}_{{\mathcal {O}}_{C}^{\oplus N}/{\mathcal {C}}/\mathbb {Z} }^{\Phi _{\mathcal {F}},{\mathcal {L}}}}
which can be used to construct the moduli space
M
C
(
n
,
d
)
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {M}}_{C}(n,d)}
of semistable vector bundles using a GIT quotient.[5]
See also
References
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- Meaning a basis
s
i
{\displaystyle s_{i}}
for the global sections Γ ( X , L ) {\displaystyle \Gamma (X,{\mathcal {L}})}
defines an embedding s : X → P S N {\displaystyle \mathbb {s} :X\to \mathbb {P} _{S}^{N}}
for N = dim ( Γ ( X , L ) ) {\displaystyle N={\text{dim}}(\Gamma (X,{\mathcal {L}}))}
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