Some Geometry and Combinatorics for theS-Invariant of Ternary Cubics

DOI10.1080/10586458.2006.10128980MaRDI QIDQ5308236zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. M. H. Wilson

Publication date 27 September 2007

Published in Experimental Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407259, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.em/1175789782, https://eudml.org/doc/226649

zbMATH Keywords

combinatorial inequalitiescurvatureinvariant theoryTernary cubics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) (n)-folds ((n>4)) (14J40) Calabi-Yau theory (complex-analytic aspects) (32Q25)

Abstract: Given a real cubic form f(x,y,z), there is a pseudo-Riemannian metric given by its Hessian matrix, defined on the open subset of R^3 where the Hessian determinant h is non-zero. We determine the full curvature tensor of this metric in terms of h and the S-invariant of f, obtaining in the process various different characterizations of S. Motivated by the case of intersection forms associated with complete intersection threefolds in the product of three projective spaces, we then study ternary cubic forms which arise as follows: we choose positive integers d1, d2, d3, set r = d1 + d2 + d3 - 3, and consider the coefficient F(x,y,z) of H1^d1 H2^d2 H3^d3 in the product (x H1 + y H2 + z H3)^3 (a_1 H1 + b_1 H2 + c_1 H3) ... (a_r H1 + b_r H2 + c_r H3), the a_j, b_j and c_j denoting non-negative real numbers; we assume also that F is non-degenerate. Previous work of the author on sectional curvatures of Kahler moduli suggests a number of combinatorial conjectures concerning the invariants of F. It is proved here for instance that the Hessian determinant, considered as a polynomial in x,y,z and the a_j, b_j, c_j, has only positive coefficients. The same property is also conjectured to hold for the S-invariant; the evidence and background to this conjecture is explained in detail in the paper.

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