The Bogomolov inequality for Hodge-Riemann pairs

Let XX be a compact complex manifold of dimension dd, and let (ηd1,ηd2)(\eta_{d-1},\eta_{d-2}) be a pair of cohomology classes of bidegrees (d1,d1)(d-1,d-1) and (d2,d2)(d-2,d-2), respectively. A pair is Hodge-Riemann when it satisfies the Hodge-Riemann relations. For a torsion-free coherent sheaf EE on XX, let r=rk(E)r=\operatorname{rk}(E) and define its discriminant by

Δ(E)=2rc2(E)(r1)c1(E)2.\Delta(E)=2r c_2(E)-(r-1)c_1(E)^2.

Assume that ηd1\eta_{d-1} defines slope semistability. Bogomolov inequality for Hodge-Riemann pairs. If (ηd1,ηd2)(\eta_{d-1},\eta_{d-2}) is a Hodge-Riemann pair, then every ηd1\eta_{d-1}-semistable torsion-free sheaf EE satisfies

X(2rc2(E)(r1)c1(E)2)ηd20.\int_X \bigl(2r c_2(E)-(r-1)c_1(E)^2\bigr)\cdot\eta_{d-2}\ge 0.

This is the proposed generalization of the classical Bogomolov inequality from powers of an ample class to arbitrary Hodge-Riemann pairs. The source presents it as a conjectural statement and proves only various cases.

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Mihai Pavel, Julius Ross and Matei Toma, “Generalized Bogomolov Inequalities”, arXiv:2510.04663 (2026).

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