NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
 
Geometry-Algebra-Singularities-Combinatorics 
Seminar
 
 
The Chern polynomial of a three-arrangement  
 
 

Hal Schenck

(Northeastern University)
 
 

Northeastern University

509 Lake Hall

1:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 1998

 
 
Abstract:  I'll begin with a quick introduction to Hyperplane Arrangements (Intersection Lattice, Möbius function, Poincaré polynomial, the module of A-derivations). I will then prove that the Poincaré polynomial   p(At) of a (central) three-arrangement A is (1 + t) times the Chern polynomial of the sheaf associated to the dual of the kernel of the Jacobian of A. I'll also prove that if A is a (central) three-arrangement, then this sheaf is a vector bundle. 

 
 
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