Arithmetic genus

Short description: Property of an algebraic variety

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In mathematics, the arithmetic genus of an algebraic variety is one of a few possible generalizations of the genus of an algebraic curve or Riemann surface.

## Contents

* 1 Projective varieties
* 2 Complex projective manifolds
* 3 Kähler manifolds
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading

## Projective varieties

Let X be a projective scheme of dimension r over a field k, the arithmetic genus pa of X is defined aspa(X)=(−1)r(χ(𝒪X)−1).Here χ(𝒪X) is the Euler characteristic of the structure sheaf 𝒪X.[1]

## Complex projective manifolds

The arithmetic genus of a complex projective manifold of dimension n can be defined as a combination of Hodge numbers, namely

pa=∑j=0n−1(−1)jhn−j,0.

When n=1, the formula becomes pa=h1,0. According to the Hodge theorem, h0,1=h1,0. Consequently h0,1=h1(X)/2=g, where g is the usual (topological) meaning of genus of a surface, so the definitions are compatible.

When X is a compact Kähler manifold, applying hp,q = hq,p recovers the earlier definition for projective varieties.

## Kähler manifolds

By using hp,q = hq,p for compact Kähler manifolds this can be reformulated as the Euler characteristic in coherent cohomology for the structure sheaf 𝒪M:

pa=(−1)n(χ(𝒪M)−1).

This definition therefore can be applied to some other locally ringed spaces.

## See also

* Genus (mathematics)
* Geometric genus

## References

* P. Griffiths; J. Harris (1994). Principles of Algebraic Geometry. Wiley Classics Library (2nd ed.). Wiley Interscience. p. 494. ISBN 0-471-05059-8.
* Rubei, Elena (2014), Algebraic Geometry, a concise dictionary, Berlin/Boston: Walter De Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-031622-3

1. ↑ Hartshorne, Robin (1977). Algebraic Geometry. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 52. New York, NY: Springer New York. pp. 230. doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-3849-0. ISBN 978-1-4419-2807-8. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4757-3849-0.

## Further reading

* Hirzebruch, Friedrich (1995). Topological methods in algebraic geometry. Classics in Mathematics. Translation from the German and appendix one by R. L. E. Schwarzenberger. Appendix two by A. Borel (Reprint of the 2nd, corr. print. of the 3rd ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-58663-6.

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