The icosahedral line configuration and Waldschmidt constants

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2023.107563arXiv2209.01499OpenAlexW4388841213MaRDI QIDQ6199031FDOQ6199031

Authors: Sebastian Calvo 

Publication date: 23 February 2024

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: There is a highly special point configuration in $mathbb{P}^2$ of 31 points, naturally arising from the geometry of the icosahedron. The 15 planes of symmetry of the icosahedron projectivize to 15 lines in $mathbb{P}^2$, whose points of intersections yield the 31 points. Each point corresponds to an opposite pair of vertices, faces or edges of the icosahedron. The symmetry group of the icosahedron is $G=A_{5}imesmathbb{Z}_2$, one of finitely many exceptional complex reflection groups. The action of $G$ on the icosahedron descends onto an action on the line configuration. We blow up $mathbb{P}^2$ at the 31 points to study the line configuration. The Waldschmidt constant is a measure of how special a collection of points in $mathbb{P}^2$. In this paper, we study negative $G$-invariant curves on this blow-up in order to compute the Waldschmidt constant of the ideal of the $31$ singularities.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.01499

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Other algebraic groups (geometric aspects) (14L40)

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