Optimal algebraic tangent cone of torsion-free sheaves via valuations
Yohei Hada
TL;DR
This work develops a valuation-theoretic framework to study tangent cones of torsion-free sheaves via slope stability, introducing a generalized Harder–Narasimhan theory for finitely generated $ eal$-graded modules over $ eal_{\ge 0}$-graded algebras. It constructs canonical optimal algebraic tangent cones along quasi-regular valuations by employing Rees modules, $v$-valuative functions, and Hecke transforms, proving existence and (up to grading twists) uniqueness of the associated graded data. The main results show that for an affine domain $R$ and a quasi-regular valuation with index $oldsymbol\delta$, there exists a $v_M$ with $oldsymbol\\Phi(v_M)\in[0,oldsymbol\\delta)$, and the graded Harder–Narasimhan data of the optimal extension is unique. The paper also provides concrete examples on monomial valuations in the affine plane and at singular points to illustrate the optimal tangent cone construction and its uniqueness properties.
Abstract
We develop a valuation-theoretic framework for studying tangent cones of torsion-free sheaves on algebraic varieties. To analyze these objects, we introduce a slope stability theory, including the Harder-Narasimhan filtrations, for finitely generated $\mathbb{R}$-graded modules over finitely generated $\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$-graded algebras. Using it, we show that there is a canonically determined tangent cone of torsion-free sheaves, up to the expected equivalence ambiguity, for quasi-regular valuations, which generalize Chen-Sun [3].
