Semi-continuity of stability for sheaves and variation of Gieseker moduli spaces (Q1741453)

The paper under review investigates a semi-continuity property for stability conditions for sheaves which is important for the problem of variation of the moduli spaces as the stability condition changes. The authors discuss this in the framework of a notion of stability previously considered in [\textit{D. Greb} et al., Geom. Topol. 20, No. 3, 1539--1610 (2016; Zbl 1400.14032)], called multi-Gieseker-stability, that generalises the classical notion of Gieseker-stability to allow for several polarisations. Firstly, the existence of projective moduli spaces of twisted multi-Gieseker-semistable sheaves is proved. Then, the authors prove that on smooth threefolds certain moduli spaces of Gieseker-stable sheaves are related by a finite number of Thaddeus-flips, that is flips arising in Variation of Geometric Invariant Theory [\textit{M. Thaddeus}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 9, No. 3, 691--723 (1996; Zbl0874.14042)]. Moreover, the intermediate spaces are themselves moduli spaces of semistable sheaves with respect to certain bounded multi-Gieseker-stability parameters. An analogous result for smooth surfaces was obtained in [\textit{K. Matsuki} and \textit{R. Wentworth}, Int. J. Math. 8, No. 1, 97--148 (1997; Zbl 0879.14002)].