On stability of tangent bundle of toric varieties (Q2052873)

Let \(X\) be a non-singular complex projective toric variety. In this article, the authors obtain various results on the stability and semi-stability of tangent bundle \(TX\) of such varieties. Their main results are as follows: \begin{itemize} \item[1.] Let \(X\) be the Hirzebruch surface obtained by projectivization of the bundle \(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n} \oplus \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(-m).\) The tangent bundle of \(X\) is unstable with respect to every polarization if \(m \geq 2\) (Theorem 6.2). \item[2.] In Theorem 7.1, they provide an alternate proof of the result that \(T\mathbb{P}^n\) is stable with respect to the anti-canonical polarization. \item[3.] In Theorem 8.1, authors prove that the tangent bundle of the Fano toric variety \(\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n} \oplus \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(-m))\), where \(0 < m \leq n-1\) and \(n \geq 3\) is unstable with respect to the anti-canonical polarization. \item In Theorem 9.3, the question of semi-stability of the tangent bundle is completely solved for Fano toric 4-folds with Picard number \(\leq 2.\) \end{itemize}