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Michel Van den Bergh

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arXiv2019

A class of perverse schobers in Geometric Invariant Theory

Perverse schobers are categorifications of perverse sheaves. We construct a perverse schober on a partial compactification of the stringy Kähler moduli space (SKMS) associated by Halpern-Leistner and Sam to a quasi-symmetric representation X of a reductive group G, extending the local system of triangulated categories established by them. The triangulated categories appearing in our perverse schober are subcategories of the derived category of the quotient stack X/G.

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arXiv2019

The $B_\infty$-structure on the derived endomorphism algebra of the unit in a monoidal category

Consider a monoidal category which is at the same time abelian with enough projectives and such that projectives are flat on the right. We show that there is a $B_{\infty}$-algebra which is $A_{\infty}$-quasi-isomorphic to the derived endomorphism algebra of the tensor unit. This $B_{\infty}$-algebra is obtained as the co-Hochschild complex of a projective resolution of the tensor unit, endowed with a lifted $A_{\infty}$-coalgebra structure. We show that in the classical situation of the category of bimodules over an algebra, this newly defined $B_{\infty}$-algebra is isomorphic to the Hochschild complex of the algebra in the homotopy category of $B_{\infty}$-algebras.

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arXiv2019

Non-commutative crepant resolutions for some toric singularities I

We give a criterion for the existence of non-commutative crepant resolutions (NCCR's) for certain toric singularities. In particular we recover Broomhead's result that a 3-dimensional toric Gorenstein singularity has a NCCR. Our result also yields the existence of a NCCR for a 4-dimensional toric Gorenstein singularity which is known to have no toric NCCR.

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arXiv2019

The Frobenius morphism in invariant theory II

Let $R$ be the homogeneous coordinate ring of the Grassmannian $\mathbb{G}=Gr(2,n)$ defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p \geq \max\{n-2,3\}$. In this paper we give a description of the decomposition of $R$, considered as graded $R^{p^r}$-module, for $r \geq 2$. This is a companion paper to our earlier paper, where the case $r=1$ was treated, and taken together, our results imply that $R$ has finite F-representation type (FFRT). Though it is expected that all rings of invariants for reductive groups have FFRT, ours is the first non-trivial example of such a ring for a group which is not linearly reductive. As a corollary, we show that the ring of differential operators $D_k(R)$ is simple, that $\mathbb{G}$ has global finite F-representation type (GFFRT) and that $R$ provides a noncommutative resolution for $R^{p^r}$.

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arXiv2018

Comparison of two constructions of noncommutative surfaces with exceptional collections of length 4

Recently the Euler forms on numerical Grothendieck groups of rank 4 whose properties mimick that of the Euler form of a smooth projective surface have been classified. This classification depends on a natural number $m$, and suggests the existence of noncommutative surfaces which up to that point had not been considered for $m\geq 2$. These have been constructed for $m=2$ using noncommutative $\mathbb{P}^1$-bundles, and for all $m\geq 2$ by a different construction using maximal orders on $\mathrm{Bl}_x\mathbb{P}^2$. In this article we compare the constructions for $m=2$, i.e. we compare the categories arising from half-ruled del Pezzo quaternion orders on $\mathbb{F}_1$ with noncommutative $\mathbb{P}^1$-bundles on $\mathbb{P}^1$. This can be seen as a noncommutative instance of the classical isomorphism $\mathbb{F}_1\cong\mathrm{Bl}_x\mathbb{P}^2$.

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arXiv2018

Non-commutative crepant resolutions for some toric singularities II

Using the theory of dimer models Broomhead proved that every 3-dimensional Gorenstein affine toric variety Spec R admits a toric non-commutative crepant resolution (NCCR). We give an alternative proof of this result by constructing a tilting bundle on a (stacky) crepant resolution of Spec R using standard toric methods. Our proof does not use dimer models.

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arXiv2018

Motivic concentration theorem

In this short article, given a smooth diagonalizable group scheme G of finite type acting on a smooth quasi-compact quasi-separated scheme X, we prove that (after inverting some elements of representation ring of G) all the information concerning the additive invariants of the quotient stack [X/G] is "concentrated" in the subscheme of G-fixed points X^G. Moreover, in the particular case where G is connected and the action has finite stabilizers, we compute the additive invariants of [X/G] using solely the subgroups of roots of unity of G. As an application, we establish a Lefschtez-Riemann-Roch formula for the computation of the additive invariants of proper push-forwards.

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arXiv2018

Tilting bundles on hypertoric varieties

Recently McBreen and Webster constructed a tilting bundle on a smooth hypertoric variety (using reduction to finite characteristic) and showed that its endomorphism ring is Koszul. In this short note we present alternative proofs for these results. We simply observe that the tilting bundle constructed by Halpern-Leistner and Sam on a generic open GIT substack of the ambient linear space restricts to a tilting bundle on the hypertoric variety. The fact that the hypertoric variety is defined by a quadratic regular sequence then also yields an easy proof of Koszulity.

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arXiv2018

A k-linear triangulated category without a model

In this paper we give an example of a triangulated category, linear over a field of characteristic zero, which does not carry a DG-enhancement. The only previous examples of triangulated categories without a model have been constructed by Muro, Schwede and Strickland. These examples are however not linear over a field.

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arXiv2018

On the noncommutative Bondal-Orlov conjecture for some toric varieties

We show that all toric noncommutative crepant resolutions (NCCRs) of affine GIT quotients of "weakly symmetric" unimodular torus representations are derived equivalent. This yields evidence for a non-commutative extension of a well known conjecture by Bondal and Orlov stating that all crepant resolutions of a Gorenstein singularity are derived equivalent. We prove our result by showing that all toric NCCRs of the affine GIT quotient are derived equivalent to a fixed Deligne-Mumford GIT quotient stack associated to a generic character of the torus. This extends a result by Halpern-Leistner and Sam which showed that such GIT quotient stacks are a geometric incarnation of a family of specific toric NCCRs constructed earlier by the authors.

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arXiv2018

Semi-orthogonal decompositions of GIT quotient stacks

If G is a reductive group which acts on a linearized smooth scheme $X$ then we show that under suitable standard conditions the derived category of coherent sheaves of the corresponding GIT quotient stack $X^{ss}/G$ has a semi-orthogonal decomposition consisting of derived categories of coherent sheaves of rings on the categorical quotient $X^{ss}/\!/G$ which are locally of finite global dimension. One of the components of the decomposition is a certain non-commutative resolution of $X^{ss}/\!/G$ constructed earlier by the authors. As a concrete example we obtain in the case of odd Pfaffians a semi-orthogonal decomposition of the corresponding quotient stack in which all the parts are certain specific non-commutative crepant resolutions of Pfaffians of lower or equal rank which had also been constructed earlier by the authors. In particular this semi-orthogonal decomposition cannot be refined further since its parts are Calabi-Yau. The results in this paper also complement a result by Halpern-Leistner (and similar results by Ballard-Favero-Katzarkov and Donovan-Segal) that asserts the existence of a semi-orthogonal decomposition of the derived category of $X/G$ in which one of the components is the derived category of $X^{ss}/G$.

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arXiv2017

The minimal model program for b-log canonical divisors and applications

We discuss the minimal model program for b-log varieties, which is a pair of a variety and a b-divisor, as a natural generalization of the minimal model program for ordinary log varieties. We show that the main theorems of the log MMP work in the setting of the b-log MMP. If we assume that the log MMP terminates, then so does the b- log MMP. Furthermore, the b-log MMP includes both the log MMP and the equivariant MMP as special cases. There are various interesting b-log varieties arising from different objects, including the Brauer pairs, or "non-commutative algebraic varieties which are finite over their centres". The case of toric Brauer pairs is discussed in further detail.

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arXiv2017

The Frobenius morphism in invariant theory

Let $R$ be the homogeneous coordinate ring of the Grassmannian $\mathbb{G}=\operatorname{Gr}(2,n)$ defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$. In this paper we give a completely characteristic free description of the decomposition of $R$, considered as a graded $R^p$-module, into indecomposables ("Frobenius summands"). As a corollary we obtain a similar decomposition for the Frobenius pushforward of the structure sheaf of $\mathbb{G}$ and we obtain in particular that this pushforward is almost never a tilting bundle. On the other hand we show that $R$ provides a "noncommutative resolution" for $R^p$ when $p\ge n-2$, generalizing a result known to be true for toric varieties. In both the invariant theory and the geometric setting we observe that if the characteristic is not too small the Frobenius summands do not depend on the characteristic in a suitable sense. In the geometric setting this is an explicit version of a general result by Bezrukavnikov and Mirković on Frobenius decompositions for partial flag varieities. We are hopeful that it is an instance of a more general "$p$-uniformity" principle.

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arXiv2017

Semiorthogonal decompositions of the categories of equivariant coherent sheaves for some reflection groups

We consider the derived category of coherent sheaves on a complex vector space equivariant with respect to an action of a finite reflection group G. In some cases, including Weyl groups of type A, B, G_2, F_4, as well as the groups G(m,1,n), we construct a semiorthogonal decomposition of this category, indexed by the conjugacy classes of G. The pieces of this decompositions are equivalent to the derived categories of coherent sheaves on the quotient-spaces V^g/C(g), where C(g) is the centralizer subgroup of g in G. In the case of the Weyl groups the construction uses some key results about the Springer correspondence, due to Lusztig, along with some formality statement generalizing a result of Deligne. We also construct global analogs of some of these semiorthogonal decompositions involving derived categories of equivariant coherent sheaves on C^n, where C is a smooth curve.

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arXiv2017

Additive invariants of orbifolds

In this article, using the recent theory of noncommutative motives, we compute the additive invariants of orbifolds (equipped with a sheaf of Azumaya algebras) using solely "fixed-point data". As a consequence, we recover, in a unified and conceptual way, the original results of Vistoli concerning algebraic K-theory, of Baranovsky concerning cyclic homology, of the second author with Polishchuk concerning Hochschild homology, and of Baranovsky-Petrov and Caldararu-Arinkin (unpublished) concerning twisted Hochschild homology; in the case of topological Hochschild homology and periodic topological cyclic homology, the aforementioned computation is new in the literature. As an application, we verify Grothendieck's standard conjectures of type C and D, as well as Voevodsky's smash-nilpotence conjecture, in the case of "low-dimensional" orbifolds. Finally, we establish a result of independent interest concerning nilpotency in the Grothendieck ring of an orbifold.

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arXiv2017

Non-commutative resolutions of quotient singularities

In this paper we generalize standard results about non-commutative resolutions of quotient singularities for finite groups to arbitrary reductive groups. We show in particular that quotient singularities for reductive groups always have non-commutative resolutions in an appropriate sense. Moreover we exhibit a large class of such singularities which have (twisted) non-commutative crepant resolutions. We discuss a number of examples, both new and old, that can be treated using our methods. Notably we prove that twisted non-commutative crepant resolutions exist in previously unknown cases for determinantal varieties of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices. In contrast to almost all prior results in this area our techniques are algebraic and do not depend on knowing a commutative resolution of the singularity.

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