Slope inequalities for fibred surfaces via GIT

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Abstract: In this paper we present a generalisation of a theorem due to Cornalba and Harris, which is an application of Geometric Invariant Theory to the study of invariants of fibrations. In particular, our generalisation makes it possible to treat the problem of bounding the invariants of general fibred surfaces. As a first application, we give a new proof of the slope inequality and of a bound for the invariants associated to double cover fibrations.


The paper under review extends a result of \textit{M. Cornalba} and \textit{J. Harris} [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 21, No. 3, 455--475 (1988; Zbl 0674.14006)] and \textit{G. Xiao} [Math. Ann. 276, 449--466 (1987; Zbl 0596.14028)]. The author uses Geometric Invariant Theory (GIT), extending Cornalba-Harris' method, to give a new proof of the slope inequality for fibred surfaces \(f:S\longrightarrow B\) over a smooth complete curve \(B\) \[ s(f)\geq \frac{4(g-1)}{g} \] where \[ s(f)=\frac{(\omega_f\cdot\omega_f)}{\deg f_*\omega_f} \] with \(\omega_f=\omega_S\otimes (f^*\omega_B)^{-1}\). The inequality is also proved for non-semistable and for hyperelliptic fibrations. A similar bound for double cover fibrations of genus \((g,\gamma)\) (where \(g\) is the genus of a fibre and \(\gamma\) is the genus of the base \(B\)) is given (see also \textit{M. Cornalba} and \textit{L. Stoppino} [Mich. Math. J. 56, No. 3, 551--561 (2008; Zbl 1159.14006)] for a detailed proof).











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