The moduli space of hypersurfaces whose singular locus has high dimension

DOI10.1007/S00209-014-1360-0MaRDI QIDQ2512959zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kaloyan Slavov

Publication date 2 February 2015

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.1118, http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64605

zbMATH Keywords

Hilbert schemehypersurfacemoduli spacesingular locus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametrization (Chow and Hilbert schemes) (14C05) Rational points (14G05) Finite ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G15) Families, moduli, classification: algebraic theory (14J10) Hypersurfaces and algebraic geometry (14J70) Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05) Computational aspects of algebraic surfaces (14Q10) Questions of classical algebraic geometry (51N35)

Abstract: Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and let $b$ and $n$ be integers with $ngeq3$ and $1leqbleqn-1.$ Consider the moduli space $X$ of hypersurfaces in $mathbb{P}_k^n$ of fixed degree $l$ whose singular locus is at least $b$-dimensional. We prove that for large $l$, $X$ has a unique irreducible component of maximal dimension, consisting of the hypersurfaces singular along a linear $b$-dimensional subspace of $mathbb{P}^n$. The proof will involve a probabilistic counting argument over finite fields.

Review text

The author considers hypersurfaces of degree \(l\) in \(n\)-dimensional projective space \(\mathbb{P}^n\), \(n \geq 3\) over an algebraically closed field \(k\) whose singular locus is at least of dimension \(b\) with \(1 \leq b \leq n-1\). The main result states that for sufficiently large degree \(l\) the moduli space of these surfaces contains a unique irreducible component of maximal dimension, consisting of those hypersurfaces that are singular along a \(b\)-dimensional projective subspace of \(\mathbb{P}^n\). The minimal degree depends on \(n\), \(b\) and the characteristic of the field \(k\). The author conjectures that the statement is actually true for any degree \(l \geq 2\). Under the additional assumption that \(k\) is of positive characteristic, the author also shows that, for \(l\) sufficiently large, there exists a unique irreducible component of second largest dimension, consisting of those hypersurfaces that are singular along a \(b\)-dimensional quadric. While the author's proof fails in characteristic zero, the statement may still be true.

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