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Publications and source records attributed to Jinxing Xu.
We determine the mod-$\ell$ geometric monodromy group of the universal family of double covers of projective space branched along hyperplane arrangements in general position.
We prove a higher-dimensional Chevalley restriction theorem for orthogonal groups, which was conjectured by Chen and Ng\^{o} for reductive groups. In characteristic $p>2$, we also prove a weaker statement. In characteristic $0$, the theorem implies that the categorical quotient of a commuting scheme by the diagonal adjoint action of the group is integral and normal. As applications, we deduce some trace identities and a certain multiplicative property of the Pfaffian over an arbitrary commutative algebra.
In the infinite series of complete families of Calabi-Yau manifolds $\tilde{f}_n: \tilde{\mathcal{X}}_n\rightarrow \mathfrak{M}_{n, n+3}$, where $n$ is an odd number, arising from cyclic covers of $\mathbb{P}^n$ branching along hyperplane arrangements (\cite{SXZ13}), the set of CM points is dense for $n=1, 3$ and finite for $n\geq 5$.
We establish a global Torelli theorem for the complete family of Calabi-Yau threefolds arising from cyclic triple covers of $\mathbb P^3$ branched along stable hyperplane arrangements.
We determine the Griffiths-Yukawa coupling length of the Calabi-Yau universal families coming from hyperplane arrangements.
For the universal family of cyclic covers of projective spaces branched along hyperplane arrangements in general position, we consider its monodromy group acting on an eigen linear subspace of the middle cohomology of the fiber. We prove the monodromy group is Zariski dense in the corresponding linear group. It can be viewed as a degenerate analogy of Carlson-Toledo's result about the monodromy groups of smooth hypersurfaces [Duke Math. J. 97(3) (1999), 621-648]. The main ingredient in the proof is a Picard-Lefschetz type formula for a suitable degeneration of this family.
Let $\mathcal{M}_{n,2n+2}$ be the coarse moduli space of CY manifolds arising from a crepant resolution of double covers of $\mathbb{P}^n$ branched along $2n+2$ hyperplanes in general position. We show that the monodromy group of a good family for $\mathcal{M}_{n,2n+2}$ is Zariski dense in the corresponding symplectic or orthogonal group if $n\geq 3$. In particular, the period map does not give a uniformization of any partial compactification of the coarse moduli space as a Shimura variety whenever $n\geq 3$. This disproves a conjecture of Dolgachev. As a consequence, the fundamental group of the coarse moduli space of $m$ ordered points in $\mathbb{P}^n$ is shown to be large once it is not a point. Similar Zariski-density result is obtained for moduli spaces of CY manifolds arising from cyclic covers of $\mathbb{P}^n$ branched along $m$ hyperplanes in general position. A classification towards the geometric realization problem of B. Gross for type $A$ bounded symmetric domains is given.
We obtain all linear Chern number inequalities satisfied by any smooth complete intersection threefold with ample canonical bundle.
For each natural odd number $n\geq 3$, we exhibit a maximal family of $n$-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifolds whose Yukawa coupling length is one. As a consequence, Shafarevich's conjecture holds true for these families. Moreover, it follows from Deligne-Mostow and Mostow that, for $n=3$, it can be partially compactified to a Shimura family of ball type, and for $n=5,9$, there is a sub $\mathbb Q$-PVHS of the family uniformizing a Zariski open subset of an arithmetic ball quotient.
We prove that a generic complete intersection Calabi-Yau 3-fold defined by sections of ample line bundles on a product of projective spaces admits a conifold transition to a connected sum of S^{3} \times S^{3}. In this manner, we obtain complex structures with trivial canonical bundles on some connected sums of S^{3} \times S^{3}. This construction is an analogue of that made by Friedman, Lu and Tian who used quintics in P^{4}.
For a generic anti-canonical hypersurface in each smooth toric Fano 4-fold with rank 2 Picard group, we prove there exist three isolated rational curves in it. Moreover, for all these 4-folds except one, the contractions of generic anti-canonical hypersurfaces along the three rational curves can be deformed to smooth threefolds diffeomorphic to connected sums of S^{3} \times S^{3}. In this manner, we obtain complex structures with trivial canonical bundles on some connected sums of S^{3} \times S^{3}. This construction is an analogue of that in Friedman [7], Lu and Tian [12] which used only quintics in P^{4}.