The \({\bar \partial}\)-operator on algebraic curves (Q920250)

Let M be an algebraic variety. Using an embedding of M in a projective space one can put on Reg(M) a Kähler matric (the one induced by the Fubini-Study metric) and define the \(L^ 2\)-arithmetic genus \(\chi_{(2)}(M)\) of M. MacPherson conjectured that: \(\chi_{(2)}(M)=\chi (\tilde M)\) where \(\tilde M\) is a resolution of singularities of M and \(\chi(\tilde M)\) is the arithmetic genus of M. It is known that this conjecture does not hold. The authors study the case when M is 1-dimensional. In this case \(\chi_{(2)}(M)\) can be interpreted as the index of a closed extension of \({\bar \partial}\) in a convenient space. The results are: 1) all closed extensions of \({\bar \partial}\) are Fredholm, 2) ind \({\bar \partial}_{\min}=\chi (\tilde M)\), 3) ind \({\bar \partial}_{\max}=\chi (\tilde M)+\sum_{p\in Sing(M),q\in \pi^{-1}(p)}(N(q)-1)\), where: \({\bar \partial}_{\min}\) (\({\bar \partial}_{\max})\) are the minimal (resp. maximal) extensions of \({\bar \partial}\), \(\pi: \tilde M\to M\) is the resolution of singularities and \(\sum_{q\in \pi^{-1}(p)}N(q)\) is the multiplicity of \(p\in Sing(M)\).