A note on Griffiths' conjecture about the positivity of Chern-Weil forms

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2022.101848zbMATH Open1491.53078arXiv2012.12815OpenAlexW3173923667WikidataQ113877067 ScholiaQ113877067MaRDI QIDQ2668993FDOQ2668993

Authors: Filippo Fagioli 

Publication date: 9 March 2022

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $(E,h)$ be a Griffiths semipositive Hermitian holomorphic vector bundle of rank $3$ over a complex manifold. In this paper, we prove the positivity of the characteristic differential form $c_1(E,h)wedge{c}_2(E,h)-c_3(E,h)$, thus providing a new evidence towards a conjecture by Griffiths about the positivity of the Schur polynomials in the Chern forms of Griffiths semipositive vector bundles. As a consequence, we establish a new chain of inequalities between Chern forms. Moreover, we point out how to obtain the positivity of the second Chern form $c_2(E,h)$ in any rank, starting from the well-known positivity of such form if $(E,h)$ is just Griffiths positive of rank $2$. The final part of the paper gives an overview on the state of the art of Griffiths' conjecture, collecting several remarks and open questions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.12815

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zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Weil formsflag bundlesSchur formsGriffiths' conjecturepush-forward formulæ for flag bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Topology of vector bundles and fiber bundles (57R22)

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