Poincaré polynomial of the moduli spaces of parabolic bundles (Q1584500): Difference between revisions

In the paper under review, the author studies the Betti numbers and Poincaré polynomial of the moduli space of certain parabolic bundles over a curve. The main result is a closed form for the Poincaré polynomial. The main ideas are to use Weil conjectures (Deligne's theorem) and to solve a recursive formula by using a method of Zagier. In section two, the author reviews basic facts about parabolic bundles, parabolic stability, and parabolic moduli spaces. The quasi-parabolic Siegel formula for parabolic bundles on a curve over a finite field \(\mathbb{F}_q\) is also recalled. In section three, it is assumed that the parabolic semistability implies the parabolic stability. Under this condition, by using the quasi-parabolic Siegel formula, the author obtains a recursive formula for the Poincaré polynomial of the moduli space of parabolic stable bundles over a curve. In section four, substitutions \(\omega_i \to -t^{-1}\) and \(q \to t^{-2}\) are justified. These substitions provide a recipe to compute the Poincaré polynomial directly from the computation of the \(\mathbb{F}_q\)-rational points. In section five, the author solves the recursive formula obtained in section three and obtains a closed formula for the Poincaré polynomial. The idea is to generalize a method of Zagier to the parabolic setting. Finally, the last section (section six) contains some explicit examples.