Perverse sheaves on symmetric products of the plane

Abstract: For any field

k

, we give an algebraic description of the category

m a t h r m {P e r v}_{m} a t h s c r S (S^{n} (m a t h b b C^{2}), k)

of perverse sheaves on the

n

-fold symmetric product of the plane

S^{n} (m a t h b b C^{2})

constructible with respect to its natural stratification and with coefficients in

k

. As part of our description we obtain an analogue of modular Springer theory for the Hilbert scheme

m a t h r m {H i l b}^{n} (m a t h b b C^{2})

of

n

points in the plane with its Hilbert-Chow morphism.

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