NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

REPRESENTATION THEORY AND RELATED TOPICS SEMINAR


David Cox

(Amherst College) 

 

 Differentials in Tate Resolutions

 

ABSTRACT:   The Tate resolution of a coherent sheaf on projective space is a bi-infinite exact complex over an exterior algebra.  The modules in the complex are known from the work of Eisenbud, Floystad and Schreyer, but the differentials are only partially known.  This lecture will explore three aspects of these differentials.  First, for sheaves arising from Veronese embeddings, the Bezoutian gives one choice for the differentials.  Second, for sheaves arising from Segre embeddings, the toric Jacobian (closely related to hyperdeterminants in this case) gives a choice for the differentials, though proving this requires some classical representation theory.  The third part of the lecture will consist of some speculative remarks (work in progress) about the relation between Tate resolutions and certain Weyman complexes.  The second and third parts of the lecture are based on joint work with E. Materov.


 April 1, 2008
10:30 - 11:30
(Notice unusual day)
511 Lake Hall

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