A Borel open cover of the Hilbert scheme

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Abstract: Let p(t) be an admissible Hilbert polynomial in PPn of degree d. The Hilbert scheme hilbpn(t) can be realized as a closed subscheme of a suitable Grassmannian mathbbG, hence it could be globally defined by homogeneous equations in the Plucker coordinates of mathbbG and covered by open subsets given by the non-vanishing of a Plucker coordinate, each embedded as a closed subscheme of the affine space AD, D=dim(mathbbG). However, the number E of Plucker coordinates is so large that effective computations in this setting are practically impossible. In this paper, taking advantage of the symmetries of hilbpn(t), we exhibit a new open cover, consisting of marked schemes over Borel-fixed ideals, whose number is significantly smaller than E. Exploiting the properties of marked schemes, we prove that these open subsets are defined by equations of degree leqd+2 in their natural embedding in AfD. Furthermore we find new embeddings in affine spaces of far lower dimension than D, and characterize those that are still defined by equations of degree leqd+2. The proofs are constructive and use a polynomial reduction process, similar to the one for Grobner bases, but are term order free. In this new setting, we can achieve explicit computations in many non-trivial cases.












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