Local and global theory of the moduli of polarized Calabi-Yau manifolds (Q1884055)

Given a complex manifold \(M\), its Teichmüller space is defined as the quotient of all integrable complex structures on \(M\) by the action of the group of its diffeomorphisms isotopic to the identity. The author shows that for a Calabi-Yau manifold \(M\) its Teichmüller space has a finite number of irreducible components, each one a non-singular complex manifold. The modular group of a compact complex manifold is defined as the quotient of the orientation preserving diffeomorphisms by its normal subgroup of diffeomorphisms isotopic to the identity. The moduli space of a polarized algebraic manifold is the quotient of its Teichmüller space by the action of its modular group. If \(M\) is a Calabi-Yau manifold, then it is proved the existence of a subgroup of finite index in its modular group acting freely so that the action of the Teichmüller space by this subgroup is a non-singular quasi-projective variety. The author reviews the construction of the coarse moduli space of polarized Calabi-Yau manifolds as quasi-projective varieties due to E. Viehweg and gives a conceptual proof of the existence of the coarse moduli space for a large class of varieties. Also discussed are latest results connecting the discriminant locus in moduli space of polarized odd dimensional Calabi-Yau manifolds with the Bismut-Gillet-Soule-Quillen-Donaldson theory of determinant line bundles.