ON THE EULER CHARACTERISTIC OF GENERALIZED KUMMER VARIETIES
Olivier Debarre
1The aim of this article is to apply the Yau-Zaslow-Beauville method (YZ], B1]) to compute the Euler characteristic of the generalized Kummer varieties attached to a complex abelian surface (a calculation also done in GS] by dierent methods). The argument is very geometric : given an ample line bundle L with h0(L) =n on an abelian surface A, such that each curve in jLj is integral, we construct a projective symplectic (2n;2)- dimensional variety Jd(A) with a Lagrangian bration Jd(A)!jLj whose ber over a point corresponding to a smooth curve C is the kernel of the Albanese map JdC!A. The Yau- Zaslow-Beauville method shows that the Euler characteristic of Jd(A) is n times the number of genus 2 curves in jLj, to wit n2 (n) (where (n) =Pmjn m). The latter computation was also done in G], where a general conjecture (proved in BL1] for K3 surfaces and in BL2] for abelian surfaces) is stated : if Nnr is the number of genus r+ 2 curves in jLj passing through r general points of A, one should have
X
n2NNnrqn = X
n2Nn (n)qnr X
n2Nn2 (n)qn
for L su ciently ample (for example a suciently high power of an ample line bundle). It is remarkable that this identity should hold when L has type (1n) for any n it does not in general give the right number of genus 2 curves for other types (see remark 2.3).
Unlike the case of K3 surfaces, none of these varieties Jd(A) seem to be birationally isomorphic to the generalized Kummer variety Kn;1(A), a symplectic desingularization of a ber of the sum morphism A(n) !A introduced by Beauville in B2]. However, using the Mukai-Fourier transform for sheaves on an abelian surface, a degeneration to the case when A is a product of elliptic curves and a result of Huybrechts, we prove that Kn;1(A) and Jn;2(A) are dieomorphic, hence have the same Euler characteristic n3 (n). I would like to thank Huybrechts very much for his help with theorem 3.4.
1. The symplectic variety
Jd(A)Let A be a complex abelian surface with a polarization ` of type (1n). Assume that each curve with class ` is integral (this holds for generic (A`)). Let ^A be the dual abelian surface. Let ` : A! ^A be the morphism associated with the polarization ` there exists a factorization nIdA : A ;!` ^A;!`^ A, where ^` is a polarization on ^A of type (1n).
We denote by Pic`(A) the component of the Picard group of A corresponding to line bundles with class `, by f`g the component of the Hilbert scheme that parametrizes curves in A with class `, by C !f`g the universal family, and by JC !f`g the compactied Picard scheme of this family (AK]).
The variety JC splits as a disjoint union `
d2Z
JdC, where JdC is a projective variety of dimension 2n+ 2, which parameterizes pairs (CL) where C is a curve on A with class ` and L is a torsion free, rank 1 coherent sheaf on C of degree d (i.e. with
1 Partially supported by the European HCM Project \Algebraic Geometry in Europe" (AGE), Contract CHRXCT-940557.
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(L) =d+ 1;g(C) =d;n). According to Mukai (M1], ex. 0.5), JdC can be viewed as a connected component of the moduli space of simple sheaves L on A, and therefore is smooth, and admits a (holomorphic) symplectic structure. There is a natural morphism
: JdC ;! f`g ;! Pic`(A) (CL) 7;! C 7;! OA(C)]
also dened by (L) = detL. For each smooth curve C in f`g, the inclusion CA induces an Abel-Jacobi map JdC!A this denes a rational map
: JdC 99KAf`g ;!A
which is regular since A is an abelian variety and JdC is normal. Let Jd(A) be a ber of the map () : JdC ;!Pic`(A)A (they are all isomorphic). Note that Jd(A), Jd+2n(A) and J;d(A) are isomorphic.
Proposition 1.1.{
The symplectic structure on JdC induces a symplectic structure on the (2n;2)-dimensional variety Jd(A).Proof. Recall that there is a canonical isomorphism TLJdC 'Ext1(LL), and that the symplectic form ! is the pairing
Ext1(LL)Ext1(LL)!Ext2(LL);Tr!H2(AOA)'
C
The map TL is the trace map T : Ext1(LL)!H1(AOA), whereas the tangent map at the origin to the map : Pic0(A)!JdC dened by (P) = PL is the dual T : H1(AOA)!Ext1(LL). Since is constant, TT = 0 in particular
KerT ImT = (KerT)? :
Note also that ` =nIdA (use the Morikawa-Matsusaka endomorphism), hence TLT = T`^ and KerTL\ImT =f0g. Since both KerT and KerTL have codi- mension 2, this implies
KerT = (KerT\KerTL)(KerT)?
and the restriction of ! to KerT\KerTL = TLJd(A) is non-degenerate.
The map restricts to a morphism : Jd(A)!jLj whose ber Kd(C) over the point corresponding to a smooth curve C is the (connected) kernel of the Abel-Jacobi map : JdC!A it is a Lagrangian bration.
2. The Euler characteristic of
Jd(A)We calculate the Euler characteristic of Jd(A) by using the Lagrangian bration : Jd(A)!jLj, as in B1].
Proposition 2.1.{
Let C be an integral element of jLj. The Euler characteristic of Kd(C) is n if the normalization of C has genus 2, and 0 otherwise.2
Proof. Let :Ce !C be the normalization. There is a commutative diagram (as in x2 of B1], we may restrict ourselves to the case d= 0 and drop the superscript d)
K(C) ;! JC ;! A
"
JC ;! JCe ! 0
"
();1(Ker) ;! Ker ! 0
By lemma 2.1 ofloc.cit., the group JC acts freely on JC. Note also that for M in JC and L in JC,
(ML) =(M) +(L)
because this is true when L is invertible,and JC is dense in JC. It follows that ();1(Ker) acts (freely) on K(C). As in prop. 2.2 of loc.cit., it follows that e(K(C)) = 0 if Ker is innite, that is if g(C)e >2.
Assume now that C has genus 2. The situation here is much simpler than ine loc.cit., because the normalization of C is unramied : it is the restriction to C of the isogenye : JCe !A. If C!C is the minimal unibranch partial normalization (cf. loc.cit.), it follows that Ce ! C is an unramied homeomorphism, hence an isomorphism (Gr], 18.12.6).
There is a commutative diagram
0 ;! Ker ;! JCe ;! A
\ \ jj
0 ;! K(C) ;! JC ;! A
and an exact sequence
1!OeC=OC ;!JC;!JCe !0 :
If one chooses a line bundle M on C corresponding to a point of OeC=OC as in the proof of prop. 3.3 of loc.cit., it acts on JC, hence on K(C). Beauville's reasoning proves that M acts freely on the complement of JC in JC, hence also on the complement of Kere in K(C). It follows that e(K(C)) =e(Ker) =n.
As a corollary, we get, assuming that each curve with class ` is integral, e(Jd(A)) =n #f C2jLj g(C) = 2e g :
It remains to count the number of (integral) genus 2 curves in jLj or, which amounts to the same, the number of morphisms f :Ce !A such that fCe 2jLj, where C is a smoothe curve of genus 2, modulo automorphismsof C. Let us do this calculation for any polarizatione
` of degree n on a simple abelian surface A. To f one associates an isogeny : JCe !A such that =` (where is the principal polarization on JC), hencee `=r, where r is the degree of . It follows that r =n. Conversely, if :Ae!A is an isogeny such that ` is n times a principal polarization, A is the Jacobian of a smooth genus 2 curvee C,e and the image by of any translate of C in Je C has classe `. It follows that there are exactly n2 = #Ker` such translates whose image is in jLj.
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The number of isomorphismclasses of isogenies :Ae!A as above is also the number N(`) of isomorphism classes of isogenies ^: ^A!A , where ^e = ^`, hence also the number of subgroups G of Ker`^ that are maximal totally isotropic for the Weil form. This kernel is (non-canonically) isomorphic to HH, where H is an abelian group of cardinal n and the Weil form is given by e((xx)(yy)) =y(x)x(y);1. If K =p1(G)H and K0 = G\(f0gH), there exists a group homomorphism u : K!H=K0 such that
G =f (xx)2KH ju(x) =x g :
The fact that G is totally isotropic of cardinal n yields K0 = K? and u : K!K symmetric. Note that the latter condition is empty if K is cyclic.
When ` has type (1n), the group H is cyclic and N(`) = X
K<Z=nZ#Hom(KK) =X
mjnm= (n) :
Corollary 2.2.{
Assume each curve with class ` is integral then e(Jd(A)) =n3 (n).Remark 2.3.
Suppose` is p times a principal polarization (p prime), so that H '(Z
=pZ
)2 and `2=2 =p2. The subgroups K are (Z
=pZ
)-vector subspaces of H, henceN(`) = X
K<H#Homsym(KK) =X2
e=0
X
Kdim K=epe(e+1)=2 = 1 +p(p+ 1) +p3 6= (p2) : In this case, the formula given in the introduction does not give the right number of genus 2 curves in jLj (note that these curves are all integral and are interchanged by monodromy). In V], Vainsencher denes a scheme whose length, when nite, should count the number of nodes of curves in jLj with p2;1 nodes (hence of genus 2) here however, is not nite because jLj contains non-reduced curves.
3. A degeneration of
Jn;2(A)Our aim is to relate the symplectic variety Jd(A) constructed above with the generalized Kummer variety Kn;1(A). Contrary to the case of K3 surfaces, these varieties do not seem to be birational for general A (except when n= 2). Using the Mukai-Fourier transform, we will relate Jd(A) with a moduli space of rank (n;d)-sheaves on the dual surface ^A, then degenerate the situation to the case where A is a product of elliptic curves and d =n;2, where one can prove that this moduli space is birational to Kn;1(A).
For any sheaf F on A, we denote by FF the cohomology sheaves of the Mukai- Fourier transform of F (see M2]). If only FjF is non-zero, we say that F has weak index j, and we write ^F=FjF in that case, ^F has weak index 2;j, and ^F^F'(;1)F (loc.cit., cor. 2.4). If Hi(AFPx^) = 0 for all ^x2 ^A and all i 6=j, we say that F has index j it implies that F has weak index j.
For any ^x in ^A, we denote by P^x the corresponding line bundle on A we identify the dual of ^A with A, so that, for any x in A, Px is a line bundle on ^A.
Let C be a generic curve in f`g the translate of the surface Pic0(A) by a generic point L in JdC does not meet the d-dimensional subvariety Wd(C) of JdC, as soon as g(C)> 2 +d, i.e. d < n;1. In that case, one has H0(ALP^x) = 0 for all ^x in ^A, so that L has index 1, and ^L is a locally free simple sheaf on ^A of rank n;d, rst Chern class ^` and Euler characteristic 0.
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Proposition 3.1.{
Let (A`) be a polarized abelian surface of type (1n) whose Neron- Severi group is generated by `. For d < n;1 and L generic in JdC, the vector bundle L^ on ^A is `^-stable.Proof. We follow FL] : assume ^L is not stable, and look at torsion-free non-zero quotients of
^
L of smallest degree, and among those, pick one, Q, of smallest rank. Because NS(^A) =
Z
`^, the degree of Q is non-positive. The proofs of lemmes 2 and 3 of FL] apply without change : Q has index 1 and if K be the kernel of ^L!Q , the sheaf F2K has nite support. Consider the exact sequence0!F1K!(;1)L ! ^Q! F2K!0
since c1(^Q)`=c1(Q)`^0 (FL], lemme 1), the torsion sheaf ^Q has nite support, hence index 0. But this index is also 2;indQ = 1 this contradiction proves the proposition.
For each d < n;1, we have constructed a birational rational map between JdC and an irreducible component M0^A(n;d`^ 0) of the moduli space M^A(n;d`^0) of ^`- semi-stable sheaves on ^A of rank n;d, rst Chern class ^` and Euler characteristic 0.
This map is a morphism if d <0. Let us interpret the maps and in this context.
Let (CL) be a pair corresponding to a point of JdC it follows from the exact sequence 0! OC !OC(x)!
C
x !0 that detO\C(x) 'detOcCP;x, hencedet ^L'detOcCP;(L)'detO\A(;C)P;(L) :
Hence, the bers of () are also the bers of the map JdC !Pic`(A)Pic;`^(^A) which sends L to (detLdetFL). Let : M0^A(n;d`^0)!Pic;`(A)Pic^`(^A) be the map E7!(detFEdetE), and let Mn;d(^A) be a ber. We have proved the following.
Proposition 3.2.{
Let (A`) be a polarized abelian surface of type (1n) whose Neron- Severi group is generated by `. For d < n;1, the Fourier-Mukai transform induces a birational isomorphism between JdC and an irreducible component of M^A(n;d`^0) which sends Jd(A) onto Mn;d(^A).We will now study the case where n;d= 2 and A is the product of two general elliptic curves F and G, with ` of bidegree (1n). One has ^A = ^F ^G, and ^` has bidegree (n1). To avoid non-stable semi-stable sheaves, we will study the moduli space M0^A of rank 2 sheaves on ^A with rst Chern class ^` and Euler characteristic 0 which are semi- stable for the polarization ^`0 of bidegree (n+ 11), and call M0(^A) a ber of the map :M0^A!Pic;`(A)Pic`^(^A)dened above.
Proposition 3.3.{
In the above situation where A = FG, the moduli space M0^A is smooth and birational to ^A(n)A, and the variety M0(^A) is smooth and birational to Kn;1(^A).Proof. Let E be an ^`0-semi-stable rank 2 torsion free sheaf on ^A with rst Chern class ^` and Euler characteristic 0. Let x2A by semi-stability of E, one has H2(^AEP;x1) = 0, hence h0(^AEP;x1) =h1(^AEP;x1). Since ^FE is non-zero, for at least one x, these numbers are non-zero and there is an inclusion Px ,!E let K be the kernel of E !E=Px !(E=Px)=(E=Px)tors. There is an exact sequence
() 0!K!E!IZK0 !0
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where K0 is a line bundle. The line bundle K has bidegree (ab), with a and b non-negative and b(n+ 1) +a (2n+ 1)=2 (by ^`0-semi-stability) hence b= 0 and Z is a subscheme of
^A of length n;a.
Set M = K0K;1. By Serre duality, Ext1^A(IZK0K) and H1(^AIZM) are iso- morphic. Assume H0(^AIZM) = 0 one has
h1(^AIZM) = length(Z);(^AM) = a
and a >0 (otherwise IZK0 would be a subsheaf of E with ^`0-slope 2n+ 1), and E depends on at most 2n+ 3;a parameters (2 for K, 2 for K0, 2(n;a) for Z and a;1 for the extension). Since each component of M0^A has dimension 2n+ 2, this forces a= 1 for E generic. Let M0 be the subset of M0^A parametrized in this fashion.
Assume now H0(^AIZM)6= 0 one checks (by projecting onto jMj), that the set of pairs (ZD) with D2jMj and Z D, has dimension n;2a;1 +n;a. Hence E depends on at most 2n;3a;1;(^AIZM) + 4 = 2n;2a+ 3 parameters. For E generic, this forces a = 0, Z reduced and h0(^AIZM) = 1. This yields a compo- nent of M0^A which can be parametrized as follows. Let Z = ( ^f1g^1) +:::+ ( ^fng^n) be generic in ^A(n), set L =O^F( ^f1+:::+ ^fn), and let f 2F and ^g2 ^G . The vector space Ext1^A(IZp^FLp^GO^G(^g)O^A) has dimension 1, hence there is a unique extension
0!p^FPf !E!IZp^F(LPf)p^GO^G(^g)!0
where E is locally free (it satises the Cayley-Bacharach condition see for example th. 5.1.1 of HL]) and stable (the only thing to check is H0(^AEp^FP;fp^GO^G(;g^)) = 0 , and this is true because the extension is non-trivial). This yields a rational map
: ^A(n)F ^G99KM0^A
which is birational onto its image : given a locally free E as above, one recovers f and the (^gi;^g)'s by noting that the set CE= f x2AjH0(^AEPx)6= 0 g is
(f;fgG) n
i=1(Ff O^G(^gi;^g)] g)
the ^fi's because Ext1^A(IZp^FLp^GO^G(^g)O^A) must be non-zero, and ^g by noting that detE' p^F(LP2f)p^GO^G(^g). Because H0(^AEp^F;P;fO^F(;f1) p^GO^G(^g1;^g)) is non-zero, there exists an exact sequence () with K of bidegree (10). This proves that the set M0 dened above is contained in the image of , which must therefore be M0^A.
Finally, E has weak index 1, F1E has support on CE, and xing detF1E amounts to xing OA(CE)]. It follows that taking a ber of amounts to xing f, P(^gi;^g), Pf^i
and ^g hence M0(^A) is birational to Kn;1(^A).
The following proof is due to D. Huybrechts, and uses ideas from prop. 2.2 of GH].
Theorem 3.4.{
Let (A`) be a polarized abelian surface of type (1n) whose Neron-Severi group is generated by `. The symplectic varieties Jn;2(A), M2(^A) and Kn;1(^A) are defor- mation equivalent. In particular, they are all irreducible symplectic.6
Proof. Let f : ^A!S be a family of polarized abelian surfaces, where S is smooth connected quasi-projective, with a relative polarization ^Lof type (1n), such that the ber over a point 02S is ^F ^G with a polarization of bidegree (n1), and such that the Neron-Severi group of a very general ber of f has rank 1. Let g:M!S be the (projective) relative moduli space of ^L-semi-stable sheaves of rank 2 with rst Chern class ^` and Euler characteristic 0 on the bers of f (cf. HL], th. 4.3.7, p. 92).
Lemma 3.5.{
Under the hypothesis of the theorem, any rank 2 torsion free sheaf on ^A with rst Chern class `^which is either simple or semi-stable is stable.Proof. Assume that a rank 2 torsion free sheaf E on ^A with rst Chern class ^` is not stable.
There exists an exact sequence
0!K!E!IZK0 !0
where K and K0 are line bundles on ^A with c1(K) =k`^, c1(K0) = (1;k)^` and k >0.
This proves that E is not semi-stable moreover, KK0;1 is ample, hence there exists a non-zero morphism u : K0!K, which induces an endomorphism E !IZK0 !u K!E which is not a homothety, and E is not simple.
By the lemma, the (closed) locus of non-stable points in M does not project onto S. By replacing S with an open subset, we may assume that there are no such points.
Let now S !S be the (smooth) relative moduli space of simple sheaves on the bers of f (see AK]). There are embeddings MS and M0^F^G S0 as closed and open subsets.
Let S0 =S (S0 M0^F^G) it is open in S, hence smooth over S. Let M0 be the closure of g;1(S f0g) in S0 the bers of g0 :M0 !S are projective away from 0, and contained in M0^F^G over 0. Norton's criterion (N]) shows that points in M00 are separated in the moduli space of simple sheaves on ^A (because they are stable), hence in S therefore, M0 is separated. By semi-continuity, M00 is a closed subset of M0^F^G of the same dimension, hence they are equal. Using the lemma, we get, after shrinking S again, a proper family g0 :M0 !S with projective irreducible smooth bers which coincide with g:M!S away from 0.
For A general, Jn;2(A) is birationally isomorphic to M2(^A) by prop. 3.2, and we just saw that the latter deforms to M0(^F ^G), itself birationally isomorphic to Kn;1(^F ^G) by prop. 3.3 in particular, these symplectic varieties are all irreducible symplectic. Since birationally isomorphic smooth projective irreducible symplectic varieties are deformation equivalent (H], th. 10.12), the theorem is proved.
Corollary 3.6.{
Let (A`) be a general polarized abelian surface of type (1n). The moduli space MA(2`0) is smooth irreducible.Corollary ( GS]) 3.7.{
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(1996), 503{512.Olivier DEBARRE
IRMA { Mathematique { CNRS Universite Louis Pasteur
7, rue Rene Descartes
67084 Strasbourg Cedex { France
Adresse electronique : debarre@math.u-strasbg.fr
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