Normal Bundle Splitting Strata of Rational Curves in Toric Varieties

Hikari Iwasaki

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Normal Bundle Splitting Strata of Rational Curves in Toric Varieties

Hikari Iwasaki

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We study stratification by normal-bundle splitting type in families of unramified rational curves of fixed class in a smooth projective toric variety over an algebraically closed field {of arbitrary characteristic}. Using the Cox construction, we construct an explicit two-term resolution of the relative normal bundle by direct sums of line bundles on the universal curve over the fixed-source parameter space. Then we construct morphisms of vector bundles on the parameter space, which we call relative cohomology morphisms, from which we can investigate generic splitting type and jumping loci of the family. In particular, we obtain sufficient numerical criteria for unbalancedness of the normal bundle. We apply this method to blowups of projective space along linear subspaces, and show that the numerical criteria for unbalancedness are equivalent to those of Cela--Lian \cite{CelaLian2026}. We also obtain explicit formulas for the expected Chow classes of the jump loci.

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Hikari Iwasaki. 2026-09-30. Normal Bundle Splitting Strata of Rational Curves in Toric Varieties. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.39309

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