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COMPLEX GEOMETRY Course notes

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– The normal cone of Y in X is defined by<br />

C Y |X := Specm Y<br />

(<br />

⊕k≥0 I k /I k+1) N Y |X<br />

Y<br />

An easiest definition of the tangent bundle to an algebraic variety X is that it is the normal cone to<br />

the diagonal X ↩→ ∆<br />

X ×X. These are functorial objects since f : X −→ Y , f ×f : X ×X −→ Y ×Y ,<br />

so T f : T X −→ T Y . And it coincides with d x f : T x X −→ T f(x) Y , for every x ∈ X.<br />

– We say that x ∈ X is a smooth point if C x (X) = T x X, and X is smooth (non-singular) if all<br />

points are.<br />

(II) The cotangent sheaf to X is defined as the conormal sheaf to the diagonal in X ×X. Its local sections<br />

are local forms on T X and such a form d gives a map<br />

M x /M 2 x<br />

where Ω ′ X = { differential on O X}.<br />

∼<br />

−→ Ω ′ X(x) := Ω ′ X,x/(Ω ′ X,x ⊗ M x )<br />

(III) Blowing up a subscheme: Let I ↩→ O X be an ideal sheaf defining a subscheme Y ↩→ X, A =<br />

⊕ k>0 I k . Then σ : ˜X = proj(A) −→ X is called the blow up of X along Y , where proj(A) =<br />

Specm(homogeneous decomposition of A). By functoriality, σ −1 (Y ) is the projection of the algebra<br />

A ⊗ OX O Y = ⊕ k≥0 I k /I k+1 , i.e., σ −1 (Y ) −→ Y is the projectivization of the normal cone C Y |N , i.e.,<br />

0 = ⊗O X .<br />

Definition 4.1.10. A sheaf is torsion free is ⊗O X = 0, i.e., it is supported on a subvariety.<br />

Fact 4.1.2.<br />

• Any torsion free O X -module F admits a resolution, i.e., a birational morphism σ : Y −→ X such that<br />

σ ∗ F is locally free.<br />

• (Hironaka) Any variety X (any rational map X −→ Y ) admits a resolution of singularities by repeatedly<br />

blow ups along smooth centres (i.e., smooth subvariety)<br />

˜X<br />

σ<br />

X<br />

Y<br />

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