Arcara–Miles conjecture on destabilising line bundles on surfaces

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Let XX be a smooth projective surface with a fixed Kähler class [ω0][\omega_0] and a line bundle LL. The stability condition σ[ω0]\sigma_{[\omega_0]} is the stability condition supported on the tilted heart Coh⁡♯(X)\operatorname{Coh}^{\sharp}(X) described above, and LL and L[1]L[1] are viewed as objects of the derived category. Arcara–Miles conjecture. (i) If LL is unstable with respect to σ[ω0]\sigma_{[\omega_0]}, then it is destabilised by L(−C)L(-C), where CC is a curve of negative self-intersection. (ii) If L[1]L[1] is unstable with respect to σ[ω0]\sigma_{[\omega_0]}, then it is destabilised by L(C)∣CL(C)|_C, where CC is a curve of negative self-intersection. This conjecture predicts that instability of these line-bundle objects is detected by curves of negative self-intersection, providing a bridge between Bridgeland stability on surfaces and the geometry of negative curves. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

References

Primary source

Jacopo Stoppa, “Nakai-Moishezon criteria and the toric Thomas-Yau conjecture”, arXiv:2505.07228 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2014–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1401.6149.

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