Hodge Numbers of Generalised Borcea-Voisin Threefolds
Dominik Burek

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This paper rederives formulas for the Hodge numbers of Borcea-Voisin type Calabi-Yau threefolds using orbifold cohomology and Euler characteristic methods.
Contribution
It provides a new proof of existing formulas for Hodge numbers of these threefolds through orbifold techniques.
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Reproof of Hodge number formulas for Borcea-Voisin threefolds
Application of orbifold cohomology to Calabi-Yau geometry
Use of orbifold Euler characteristic in Hodge number calculations
Abstract
We shall reproof formulas for the Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds of Borcea-Voisin type constructed by A. Cattaneo and A. Garbagnati, using the orbifold cohomology formula and the orbifold Euler characteristic.
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Hodge numbers of generalised Borcea-Voisin threefolds
Dominik Burek
Instytut Matematyki
Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki
Uniwersytet Jagielloński
ul. Łojasiewicza 6
30-348 Kraków
Poland
Abstract.
We shall reproof formulas for the Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds of Borcea-Voisin type constructed by A. Cattaneo and A. Garbagnati, using the orbifold cohomology formula and the orbifold Euler characteristic.
Key words and phrases:
Borcea-Voisin, Calabi-Yau 3-folds, orbifold cohomology, orbifold Euler characteristic.
Mathematics Subject Classification:
Primary 14J32; Secondary 14J28, 14J17.
This work was partially supported by the grant 346300 for IMPAN from the Simons Foundation and the matching 2015-2019 Polish MNiSW fund.
1. Introduction
One of the many reasons behind the interest in non-symplectic automorphisms of surfaces is the mirror symmetry construction of C. Borcea ([4]) and C. Voisin ([14]). They independently constructed a family of Calabi-Yau threefolds using a non-symplectic involutions of surfaces and elliptic curves. Moreover C. Voisin gave a construction of explicit mirror maps.
1.1 Theorem** ([4] and [14]).**
Let be an elliptic curve with an involution which does not preserve . Let be a surface with a non-symplectic involution . Then any crepant resolution of the variety is a Calabi-Yau manifold with
[TABLE]
where is a number of curves in and is a sum of their genera.
In [6] A. Cattaneo and A. Garbagnati generalised Borcea-Voisin construction using purely non-symplectic automorphisms of order 3, 4 and 6. They obtained the following theorem
1.2 Theorem** ([6]).**
Let be a surface admitting a purely non-symplectic automorphism of order Let be an elliptic curve admitting an automorphism such that Then and is a singular variety which admits a crepant resolution which is a Calabi-Yau manifold.
Any crepant resolution of will be called a Calabi-Yau 3-fold of Borcea-Voisin type. For all possible orders they computed the Hodge numbers of this varieties and constructed an elliptic fibrations on them. Their computations are more technical and rely on a detailed study of a crepant resolutions of threefolds.
In this paper we give shorter computations of the Hodge numbers using orbifold cohomology introducted by W. Chen and Y. Ruan in [7] and orbifold Euler characteristic (cf. [12]). The main advantage of our approach is that the computations are carried out on
2. Preliminaries
A Calabi-Yau manifold is a complex, smooth, projective -fold satisfying
- (1)
2. (2)
for
A non-trivial generator of is called a period of For any automorphism the induced mapping acts on and for some
In the case of a surface automorphism which preserves a period is called symplectic. If does not preserve a period then it is called non-symplectic. If additionally is of finite order and where is a primitive -th root of unity, then it is called purely non-symplectic.
We have the following characterisation of orders of purely non-symplectic automorphisms of elliptic curves and surfaces.
2.1 Theorem** ([13]).**
Let be an elliptic curve. If is an automorphism of which does not preserve the period, then where
2.2 Theorem** ([11]).**
Let be a surface and be a purely non-symplectic automorphism of order Then and if is a prime number, then
Let be a purely non-symplectic automorphism of order of a surface We will denote by the set of fixed points of The action of may be locally linearized and diagonalized at (cf. Cartan [5]), so the possible local actions are
[TABLE]
Clearly, if then belongs to a smooth curve fixed by otherwise is an isolated point. We have the following description of the fixed locus of
2.3 Theorem** ([3], Lemma 2.2, p. 5).**
Let be a surface and let be a non-symplectic automorphism of S of order . Then there are three possibilities
- •
* in this case *
- •
* where are disjoint smooth elliptic curves; in this case *
- •
* where are isolated fixed points, are smooth rational curves and is the curve with highest genus *
We refer to [3] for a proof and more precise description of the fixed locus for particular values of .
3. Orbifold’s cohomology
In [7] W. Chen and Y. Ruan introduced a new cohomology theory for orbifolds. We consider varieties where is a projective variety and is a finite group acting on viewed as orbifold.
3.1 Definition**.**
For of order let be eigenvalues of for some . The value of the sum is called the age of and is denoted by
The age of is an integer if and only if i.e. .
3.2 Definition**.**
For a variety define the Chen-Ruan cohomology by
[TABLE]
where is the set of conjugacy classes of (we choose a representative of each conjugacy class), is the centralizer of , denotes the set of irreducible connected components of the set fixed by and is the age of the matrix of linearized action of near a point of
The dimension of will be denoted by
3.3 Remark*.*
If the group is cyclic of a prime order , then we can pick a generator and the above formula simplifies to
[TABLE]
We have the following theorem.
3.4 Theorem** ([15], Theorem 1.1, p. 2).**
Let be a finite group acting on an algebraic smooth variety . If there exists a crepant resolution of variety then the following equality holds
[TABLE]
4. Orbifold Euler characteristic
Let be a finite group acting on an algebraic variety In a similar manner as in the case of Hodge numbers, we can use an orbifold formula to compute the Euler characteristic of a crepant resolution of (for details see [12]).
4.1 Definition**.**
The orbifold Euler characteristic of is defined as
[TABLE]
4.2 Theorem** ([12], Theorem 2, p. 534).**
For any finite abelian group acting on smooth algebraic variety . If there exists a crepant resolution of variety then the following equality holds
[TABLE]
5. Computations of Hodge numbers
5.1. Order 2
Let be a surface admitting a non-symplectic involution . Consider an elliptic curve with non-symplectic involution (any elliptic curve admits such an automorphism). Let us denote by the invariant part of cohomology under and by the dimension We also denote the eigenspace for of the induced action on by and by the dimension
We see that
[TABLE]
hence the Hodge diamonds of the respective eigenspaces have the following forms
The Hodge diamonds of eigenspaces of the induced action of on have forms
[TABLE]
By Künneth’s formula the Hodge diamond of is given by
The local action of on curve may be linearized to matrix
[TABLE]
with age equal to 1. Thus by 4.2
[TABLE]
which gives formulas
[TABLE]
Since the quotient is a smooth surface with Euler characteristic
[TABLE]
we recover formulas from Thm. 1.1 of [6].
5.2. Order 3
Let be a surface admitting a purely non-symplectic automorphism of order Eigenvalues of induced mapping on belong to Let us denote by the eigenspace of the eigenvalue For the dimension of does not depend on and will be denoted by Moreover let be a dimension of — invariant part of under
Consider an elliptic curve with the Weierstrass equation together with a non-symplectic automorphism of order 3 such that
We see that
[TABLE]
Because \alpha_{S}^{*}\bigr{|}_{H^{2,0}(S,\mathbb{C})}([\omega])=\zeta_{3}[\omega] for any we get
The complex conjugation yields Finally
[TABLE]
hence the Hodge diamonds of the respective eigenspaces have the following forms
Similar analysis gives the Hodge diamonds of eigenspaces of action on the Hodge groups.
[TABLE]
By Künneth’s formula the Hodge diamond of the invariant part of has the same form as in the case of order 2.
We denote the automorphism by . Let us now consider possible actions of elements of on and
The action of . The action of the automorphism on is given by
[TABLE]
hence it has three fixed points. Locally the action of on components of the fixed locus can be diagonalised to
[TABLE]
It follows that ages are equal to 1 and 2 respectively.
The action of . Analogously we gets possible diagonalised matrices
[TABLE]
with ages 1 and 1.
Thus decomposing , where
- \mathcal{C}:=\{\textup{3 curves with highest genus g(C)}\},
- \mathcal{R}:=\{\textup{3k-3 rational curves}\},
- \mathcal{P}:=\{\textup{3n isolated points}\},
the orbifold formula implies that
[TABLE]
Therefore by 3.4
[TABLE]
Hence we proved the following theorem:
5.1 Theorem**.**
If consists of curves together with a curve with highest genus and isolated points, then for any crepant resolution of the variety the following holds
[TABLE]
5.3. Order 4
Let be a surface with purely non-symplectic automorphism of order Consider an elliptic curve with the Weierstrass equation together with a non-symplectic automorphism of order 4 such that
[TABLE]
Additionally, suppose that is not a union of two elliptic curves.
We shall keep the notation of [6].
- – the infinity point of
- for
- – number of curves which are fixed by
- – number of curves which are fixed by (curves of the first type).
- – number of curves which are fixed by and are invariant by (curves of the second type),
- – number of pairs of curves which are fixed by and (curves of the third type),
- – the curve of the highest genus in
- – number of curves which are fixed by not laying on the curve
- – number of curves which are fixed by laying on the curve
For the same reasons as in the previous cases
[TABLE]
We denote an automorphism by . Furthermore for any let
[TABLE]
We will consider all possible cases.
The action of and . The action of automorphism on is given by
[TABLE]
hence it has two fixed points — and . The fixed locus of on consists of curves and isolated points. Since locally the action of on along the curve can be diagonalised to
[TABLE]
we infer that its age equals Near a fixed point we have a matrix
[TABLE]
hence the age equals 2.
In case of the action of we observe that the fixed locus consists of curves and points with ages We see that the summand of from both actions is equal to .
[TABLE]
The action of . The automorphism acts on as
[TABLE]
hence it has four fixed points — , , from which only two are invariant under the action of and the other two are permuted. After identifying with the vector space spanned by irreducible components we will find the action of induced map on it.
Because the matrix of the action of on is
[TABLE]
it follows that it has 3-dimensional eigenspace for and 1-dimensional eigenspace for
The fixed locus of consists of curves with pairs permuted by Hence on has -dimensional eigenspace for and -dimensional eigenspace for One can see that so the total effect on equals
[TABLE]
From the orbifold formula follows that
[TABLE]
In order to compute we will use the orbifold Euler characteristic. In the table below we collect all possible intersections where
[TABLE]
By 4.2 we obtain the formula
[TABLE]
If is of the first type, then by the Riemann-Hurwitz formula we conclude that
[TABLE]
Since is Calabi-Yau we gets
[TABLE]
By ([2], Thm. 1.1) and ([2], Prop. 1) we have the following relations
[TABLE]
where Moreover since is of the first type and , thus
[TABLE]
If is of the second type, then analogously the Riemann-Hurwitz formula yields
[TABLE]
Thus
[TABLE]
Using the additional relations and we get
[TABLE]
Hence we proved the following theorem:
5.2 Theorem** ([6], Proposition 6.3).**
If is not a sum of two elliptic curves, then for any crepant resolution of variety the following formulas hold
- •
If is of the first type, then
[TABLE]
- •
If is of the second type, then
[TABLE]
5.4. Order 6
Let be a surface with purely non-symplectic automorphism of order Consider an elliptic curve with the Weierstrass equation together with a non-symplectic automorphism of order 6 such that
[TABLE]
We shall keep the notation of [6].
- – the infinity point of
- for
- – number of curves fixed by
- – number of curves fixed by
- – number of curves fixed by
- – number of isolated points fixed by of type and i.e. the action of near the point linearizes to respectively
[TABLE] 9. – number of isolated points fixed by 10. – number of isolated points fixed by and switched by 11. – number of triples of curves fixed by such that and 12. – number of pairs of curves fixed by such that 13. – the curve with the highest genus in the fixed locus of 14. – the curve with the highest genus in the fixed locus of 15. – the curves with the highest genus in the fixed locus of
5.3 Remark*.*
From ([9], Thm. 4.1) follows that Moreover by [3] we see that if then Clearly if then
Denote by an automorphism . Clearly Similar computations as in the previous cases imply that
[TABLE]
For any let
[TABLE]
The action of and . An automorphism acts on by hence it has only one fixed point — . The fixed locus of on consists of curves and isolated points. Locally the action of on along the curve can be diagonalised to a matrix
[TABLE]
with age equal to In the fixed point of type and we get respectively a matrices
[TABLE]
hence their ages equal 2.
In case of the action of we observe that locus consists of curves and isolated points. Along the curve we have a matrix
[TABLE]
while in fixed points we have a matrices
[TABLE]
hence their ages are equal to 1. The above analysis shows that the effect on from both actions equals .
[TABLE]
The action of and . Automorphisms and act on by and , they have three fixed points — from which only is invariant under and the remaining two are switched. Identifying and with the vector space spanning by irreducible components we will find the action of induced map on it.
The matrix of the action of on is
[TABLE]
hence it produces a 2-dimensional eigenspace for and 1-dimensional eigenspace for We have similar decomposition in the case of the action on .
The fixed locus of consists of and pairs of points switched by Locally, the action of at point has a matrix
[TABLE]
with age equals 2. In the case of automorphism we have a matrix
[TABLE]
with age equal 1.
Notice that both and has the same fixed points but with different ages. Thus on has -dimensional eigenspace for and -dimensional eigenspace for while on has -dimensional eigenspace for and -dimensional eigenspace for where and are naturals defined as and
Moreover, pairs of curves in the locus of are switched by Hence has -dimensional eigenspace for and -dimensional eigenspace for The same decomposition we will obtain in case of the action of
By the Künneth formula both actions add to
[TABLE]
[TABLE]
The action of An automorphism acts on by hence it has four fixed points — from which only is invariant under and the remaining three form a 3-cycle. Thus the action of on has the matrix
[TABLE]
so it produces 2-dimensional eigenspace for 1, 1-dimensional eigenspace for and 1-dimensional eigenspace for
Clearly the local action of on curve has age equal to 1. The locus of consists of curves with triples of curves permuted by Thus on has -dimensional eigenspace for +1 and two -dimensional eigenspaces for and
The effect on equals
[TABLE]
Consequently, by the orbifold formula we see that
[TABLE]
By the orbifold cohomology formula we see that non-zero contribution to have only curves in for any
If by 5.3 we can assume that We see that contributions of and equal to The automorphisms and have three fixed points on with one -point orbit, hence by Künneth’s formula the effect on in this case equals Since has four fixed points with 3-points orbit, we find that it’s contribution is equal to Thus
[TABLE]
Now consider the case By the same argument as above, we see that contribution of and equals while the summand from equals hence
[TABLE]
We proved the following theorem:
5.4 Theorem** ([6], Proposition 7.3).**
For any crepant resolution of variety the following formulas hold
[TABLE]
Now, we will compute using orbifold Euler characteristic. In the table below we collect all possible intersections where
[TABLE]
From 4.2 we see that
[TABLE]
Thus
[TABLE]
By the Riemann-Hurwitz formula we obtain
[TABLE]
hence after simplifying
[TABLE]
Comparing both formulas we get:
5.5 Corollary**.**
With the notation above, the following relation holds
[TABLE]
Acknowledgments
This paper is a part of author’s master thesis. I am deeply grateful to my advisor Sławomir Cynk for recommending me to learn this area and his help.
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