Chow quotients of Grassmannian I

1992/10/07 by Mikhail Kapranov, Kapranov, M. · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #FOS: Mathematics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.alg-geom/9210002

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Abstract

We introduce a certain compactification of the space of projective configurations i.e. orbits of the group PGL(k) on the space of n - tuples of points in P^k-1 in general position. This compactification differs considerably from Mumford's geometric invariant theory quotient. It is obtained by considering limit position (in the Chow variety) of the closures of generic orbits. The same result will be obtained if we study orbits of the maximal torus on the Grassmannian G(k,n). We study in detail the closures of the torus orbits and their "visible contours" which are Veronese varieties in the Grassmannian. For points on P¹ our construction gives the Grothemdieck - Knudsen moduli space of stable n -punctured curves of genus 0. The "Chow quotient" interpretation of this space permits us to represent it as a blow up of a projective space.

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