Subvarieties of complete intersections of large degree

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Main Authors: Bastianelli, Francesco, Pacienza, Gianluca
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author Bastianelli, Francesco
Pacienza, Gianluca
author_facet Bastianelli, Francesco
Pacienza, Gianluca
contents We study subvarieties of very general complete intersections $X\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ of multidegree $(d_1,\dots,d_c)$, when $d:= d_1+\dots +d_c$ is sufficiently large. In a seminal paper Ein proved that if $d\geq 2n-c-k+2$, any $k$-dimensional subvariety of $X$ is of general type and has positive geometric genus. We strengthen this result by obtaining the optimal bound $d\geq 2n-c-k$, provided that $n> 2c+k$. As a consequence, we characterize algebraic hyperbolicity of very general complete intersections $X\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ of codimension $c\leq \frac{n-3}{2}$. For lower values of $d$, we prove that if $\frac{3n-c+2}{2}\leq d\leq 2n-c-2$ and $(d_1,\dots,d_c)$ satisfies an additional numerical condition, then the only curves in $X$ that are not of general type are lines. Moreover, we describe the locus where positive dimensional orbits of points under rational equivalence must lie. We obtain our results by proving that, under suitable numerical conditions, subvarieties of $X$ that are not of general type must lie in the locus of $X$ covered by lines. The proof of this result relies on a generalization of the approach and techniques developed for hypersurfaces by Voisin, Clemens-Ran and the second author, combined with a Grassmannian technique introduced by Riedl-Yang.
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spellingShingle Subvarieties of complete intersections of large degree
Bastianelli, Francesco
Pacienza, Gianluca
Algebraic Geometry
We study subvarieties of very general complete intersections $X\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ of multidegree $(d_1,\dots,d_c)$, when $d:= d_1+\dots +d_c$ is sufficiently large. In a seminal paper Ein proved that if $d\geq 2n-c-k+2$, any $k$-dimensional subvariety of $X$ is of general type and has positive geometric genus. We strengthen this result by obtaining the optimal bound $d\geq 2n-c-k$, provided that $n> 2c+k$. As a consequence, we characterize algebraic hyperbolicity of very general complete intersections $X\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ of codimension $c\leq \frac{n-3}{2}$. For lower values of $d$, we prove that if $\frac{3n-c+2}{2}\leq d\leq 2n-c-2$ and $(d_1,\dots,d_c)$ satisfies an additional numerical condition, then the only curves in $X$ that are not of general type are lines. Moreover, we describe the locus where positive dimensional orbits of points under rational equivalence must lie. We obtain our results by proving that, under suitable numerical conditions, subvarieties of $X$ that are not of general type must lie in the locus of $X$ covered by lines. The proof of this result relies on a generalization of the approach and techniques developed for hypersurfaces by Voisin, Clemens-Ran and the second author, combined with a Grassmannian technique introduced by Riedl-Yang.
title Subvarieties of complete intersections of large degree
topic Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13083