Pfaffian Subschemes

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1994-06-17

arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9406005v1

Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry

26 pages, AMS-LaTeX

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A subscheme $X\subset \Bbb P^{n+3}$ of codimension $3$ is {\em Pfaffian} if it is the degeneracy locus of a skew-symmetric map $f:\cal{E}\spcheck(-t) @>>> \cal{E}$ with $\cal{E}$ a locally free sheaf of odd rank on $\Bbb P^{n+3}$. It is shown that a codimension $3$ subscheme $X\subset\Bbb P^{n+3}$ is Pfaffian if and only if it is locally Gorenstein, subcanonical (i.e.\ $\omega_X\cong\cal O_X(l)$ for some integer $l$), and the following parity condition holds: if $n\equiv 0\pmod{4}$ and $l$ is even, then $\chi (\cal O_X (l/2))$ is also even. The paper includes a modern version of the Horrocks correspondence, stated in the language of derived categories. A local analogue of the main theorem is also proved.

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