Poincaré polynomial of the moduli spaces of parabolic bundles (Q1584500)

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.