On the Hilbert polynomial of the linked projective space

Abstract

Linked projective spaces are quiver Grassmannians of subspaces of dimension 1 of certain quiver representations. Degenerations of linear series produce these representations, with the limit divisors parameterized by the associated linked projective spaces. It is not known whether all linked projective spaces arise this way. If they do, they are degenerations of the (small) diagonal in a product of projective spaces. In any case, we prove here that they have the (multivariate) Hilbert polynomial of the diagonal. To achieve this, we give first a formula for the Hilbert polynomial of (simple) normal-crossings schemes with multiplicity-free strata in a product of projective spaces, more general and simpler than that found by Castillo et al. Then we prove that a linked projective space is normal-crossings, by describing it locally in terms of Mustafin varieties. Finally, we use a relation between intersections of components of the linked projective space and certain polytopes in the tiling of a simplex associated to the linked net to prove that we may apply our formula for the Hilbert polynomial.