Line Bundles on Projective Homogeneous Spaces

The topic of my thesis is the geometry of projective homogeneous spaces G/H for a semisimple algebraic group G in characteristic p $>$ 0, where H is a subgroup scheme containing a Borel subgroup B. In characteristic p $>$ 0 there are an infinite number of subgroup schemes containing B--the reduced ones are the ordinary parabolic subgroups P $\supseteq$ B. Examples of non-reduced parabolic subgroup schemes are extensions of B by Frobenius kernels of P. Using an algebraic analogue of the fixed point formula of Atiyah and Bott, we give a formula for the Euler character of a homogeneous line bundle on G/H generalizing Weyl's character formula. The canonical line bundle on G/H is rarely negative ample. A consequence of this is, that G/H is Frobenius split only when H is an extension of a parabolic subgroup by a Frobenius kernel of G. In an attempt to generalize Kempf's vanishing theorem we discovered, that G/H with H non-reduced can be used to construct new counterexamples to Kodaira's vanishing theorem in characteristic p $>$ 0. For G of type $D\sb5$ and H the extension of B by the first Frobenius kernel of P\sbα, where P\sbα is the minimal parabolic subgroup having (DIAGRAM, TABLE OR GRAPHIC OMITTED...PLEASE SEE DAI)as its only positive root, we give an example of an ample line bundle $\cal{L}$ on G/H such that {\cal L}\otimesω\sb{G/H} has negative Euler characteristic. This also answers an old question of Raynaud.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mathematics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Lauritzen, Niels Thomas Hjort

Contributors dc:contributor

• Haboush, W.J.,

• Mathematics

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9411681

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72545