126 research outputs found
Local syzygies of multiplier ideals
In recent years, multiplier ideals have found many applications in local and
global algebraic geometry. Because of their importance, there has been some
interest in the question of which ideals on a smooth complex variety can be
realized as multiplier ideals. Other than integral closure no local
obstructions have been known up to now, and in dimension two it was established
by Favre-Jonsson and Lipman-Watanabe that any integrally closed ideal is
locally a multiplier ideal. We prove the somewhat unexpected result that
multiplier ideals in fact satisfy some rather strong algebraic properties
involving higher syzygies. It follows that in dimensions three and higher,
multiplier ideals are very special among all integrally closed ideals.Comment: 8 page
Algebraic varieties with automorphism groups of maximal rank
We confirm, to some extent, the belief that a projective variety X has the
largest number (relative to the dimension of X) of independent commuting
automorphisms of positive entropy only when X is birational to a complex torus
or a quotient of a torus. We also include an addendum to an early paper though
it is not used in the present paper.Comment: Mathematische Annalen (to appear
On the canonical map of surfaces with q>=6
We carry out an analysis of the canonical system of a minimal complex surface
of general type with irregularity q>0. Using this analysis we are able to
sharpen in the case q>0 the well known Castelnuovo inequality K^2>=3p_g+q-7.
Then we turn to the study of surfaces with p_g=2q-3 and no fibration onto a
curve of genus >1. We prove that for q>=6 the canonical map is birational.
Combining this result with the analysis of the canonical system, we also prove
the inequality: K^2>=7\chi+2. This improves an earlier result of the first and
second author [M.Mendes Lopes and R.Pardini, On surfaces with p_g=2q-3, Adv. in
Geom. 10 (3) (2010), 549-555].Comment: Dedicated to Fabrizio Catanese on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
To appear in the special issue of Science of China Ser.A: Mathematics
dedicated to him. V2:some typos have been correcte
Characterization of the 4-canonical birationality of algebraic threefolds
In this article we present a 3-dimensional analogue of a well-known theorem
of E. Bombieri (in 1973) which characterizes the bi-canonical birationality of
surfaces of general type. Let be a projective minimal 3-fold of general
type with -factorial terminal singularities and the geometric genus
. We show that the 4-canonical map is {\it not}
birational onto its image if and only if is birationally fibred by a family
of irreducible curves of geometric genus 2 with
where is a general irreducible member in .Comment: 25 pages, to appear in Mathematische Zeitschrif
Differential Forms on Log Canonical Spaces
The present paper is concerned with differential forms on log canonical
varieties. It is shown that any p-form defined on the smooth locus of a variety
with canonical or klt singularities extends regularly to any resolution of
singularities. In fact, a much more general theorem for log canonical pairs is
established. The proof relies on vanishing theorems for log canonical varieties
and on methods of the minimal model program. In addition, a theory of
differential forms on dlt pairs is developed. It is shown that many of the
fundamental theorems and techniques known for sheaves of logarithmic
differentials on smooth varieties also hold in the dlt setting.
Immediate applications include the existence of a pull-back map for reflexive
differentials, generalisations of Bogomolov-Sommese type vanishing results, and
a positive answer to the Lipman-Zariski conjecture for klt spaces.Comment: 72 pages, 6 figures. A shortened version of this paper has appeared
in Publications math\'ematiques de l'IH\'ES. The final publication is
available at http://www.springerlink.co
The classification of isotrivially fibred surfaces with p_g=q=2
An isotrivially fibred surface is a smooth projective surface endowed with a
morphism onto a curve such that all the smooth fibres are isomorphic to each
other. The first goal of this paper is to classify the isotrivially fibred
surfaces with completing and extending a result of Zucconi. As an
important byproduct, we provide new examples of minimal surfaces of general
type with and and a first example with .Comment: Main paper by M.Penegini. Appendix by S.Rollenske. 31 pages, 6
Figures. v2 changed group relations in Theorem 5.2, changes in Theorem 5.7,
new proof of Theorem 4.15, minor corrections of misprint
Micronucleus frequency in children exposed to biomass burning in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region: a control case study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Amazon represents an area of 61% of Brazilian territory and is undergoing major changes resulting from disorderly economic development, especially the advance of agribusiness. Composition of the atmosphere is controlled by several natural and anthropogenic processes, and emission from biomass burning is one with the major impact on human health. The aim of this study was to evaluate genotoxic potential of air pollutants generated by biomass burning through micronucleus assay in exfoliated buccal cells of schoolchildren in the Brazilian Amazon region.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study was conducted during the dry seasons in two regions of the Brazilian Amazon. The assay was carried out on buccal epithelial cells of 574 schoolchildren between 6-16 years old.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The results show a significant difference between micronucleus frequencies in children exposed to biomass burning compared to those in a control area.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The present study demonstrated that in situ biomonitoring using a sensitive and low cost assay (buccal micronucleus assay) may be an important tool for monitoring air quality in remote regions. It is difficult to attribute the increase in micronuclei frequency observed in our study to any specific toxic element integrated in the particulate matters. However, the contribution of the present study lies in the evidence that increased exposure to fine particulate matter generates an increased micronuclei frequency in oral epithelial cells of schoolchildren.</p
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