arXiv · 2109.06468
Virtual classes via vanishing cycles
Abstract
We develop a new method to construct the virtual fundamental classes for quasi-smooth derived schemes using the perverse sheaves of vanishing cycles on their $-1$-shifted contangent spaces. It is based on the author's previous work that can be regarded as a version of the Thom isomorphism for $-1$-shifted cotangent spaces. We use the Fourier-Sato transform to prove that our classes coincide with the virtual fundamental classes introduced by the work of Behrend-Fantechi and Li-Tian, under the quasi-projectivity assumption. We also discuss an approach to construct DT4 virtual classes for $-2$-shifted symplectic derived schemes using the perverse sheaves of vanishing cycles.
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Tasuki Kinjo. 2021-09-14. Virtual classes via vanishing cycles. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2025.29.349
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