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Register a new userMori geometry meets Cartan geometry: Varieties of minimal rational tangents
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Jun-Muk Hwang
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We give an introduction to the theory of varieties of minimal rational tangents, emphasizing its aspect as a fusion of algebraic geometry and differential geometry, more specifically, a fusion of Mori geometry of minimal rational curves and Cartan geometry of cone structures.
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A nonsingular rational curve $C$ in a complex manifold $X$ whose normal bundle is isomorphic to $${mathcal O}_{{mathbb P}^1}(1)^{oplus p} oplus {mathcal O}_{{mathbb P}^1}^{oplus q}$$ for some nonnegative integers $p$ and $q$ is called an unbendable rational curve on $X$. Associated with it is the variety of minimal rational tangents (VMRT) at a point $x in C,$ which is the germ of submanifolds ${mathcal C}^C_x subset {mathbb P} T_x X$ consisting of tangent directions of small deformations of $C$ fixing $x$. Assuming that there exists a distribution $D subset TX$ such that all small deformations of $C$ are tangent to $D$, one asks what kind of submanifolds of projective space can be realized as the VMRT ${mathcal C}^C_x subset {mathbb P} D_x$. When $D subset TX$ is a contact distribution, a well-known necessary condition is that ${mathcal C}_x^C$ should be Legendrian with respect to the induced contact structure on ${mathbb P} D_x$. We prove that this is also a sufficient condition: we construct a complex manifold $X$ with a contact structure $D subset TX$ and an unbendable rational curve $C subset X$ such that all small deformations of $C$ are tangent to $D$ and the VMRT ${mathcal C}^C_x subset {mathbb P} D_x$ at some point $xin C$ is projectively isomorphic to an arbitrarily given Legendrian submanifold. Our construction uses the geometry of contact lines on the Heisenberg group and a technical ingredient is the symplectic geometry of distributions the study of which has originated from geometric control theory.
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