Pointed trees of projective spaces

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Abstract: We introduce a smooth projective variety Td,n which compactifies the space of configurations of n distinct points on affine d-space modulo translation and homothety. The points in the boundary correspond to n-pointed stable rooted trees of d-dimensional projective spaces, which for d=1, are (n+1)-pointed stable rational curves. In particular, T1,n is isomorphic to , the moduli space of such curves. The variety Td,n shares many properties with . For example, as we prove, the boundary is a smooth normal crossings divisor whose components are products of Td,i for i<n, it has an inductive construction analogous to but differing from Keel's for which can be used to describe its Chow groups, Chow motive and Poincar'e polynomials, generalizing cite{Keel,Man:GF}. We give a presentation of the Chow rings of Td,n, exhibit explicit dual bases for the dimension 1 and codimension 1 cycles. The variety Td,n is embedded in the Fulton-MacPherson spaces X[n] for extit{any} smooth variety X and we use this connection in a number of ways. For example, to give a family of ample divisors on Td,n and to give an inductive presentation of the Chow groups and the Chow motive of X[n] analogous to Keel's presentation for , solving a problem posed by Fulton and MacPherson.











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