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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{sagetex}
\usepackage{minted}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage[]{breqn}
\usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=alphabetic,
sorting=ynt
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
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\newcommand{\QQ}{\mathbb{Q}}
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\newcommand{\ZZ}{\mathbb{Z}}
\newcommand{\RR}{\mathbb{R}}
\newcommand{\PP}{\mathbb{P}}
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\newcommand{\chern}{\operatorname{ch}}
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\newcommand{\lcm}{\operatorname{lcm}}
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\newcommand{\firsttilt}[1]{\mathcal{B}^{#1}}
\newcommand{\bddderived}{\mathcal{D}^{b}}
\newcommand{\centralcharge}{\mathcal{Z}}
\newcommand{\minorheading}[1]{{\noindent\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries #1}}
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\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]
\newtheorem{corrolary}{Corrolary}[section]
\newtheorem{lemmadfn}{Lemma/Definition}[section]
\newtheorem{dfn}{Definition}[section]
\newtheorem{fact}{Fact}[section]
\newtheorem{example}{Example}[section]
\newtheorem{problem}{Problem Statement}
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\begin{document}

\begin{sagesilent}
# Requires extra package:
#! sage -pip install "pseudowalls==0.0.3" --extra-index-url https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/43962374/packages/pypi/simple

from pseudowalls import *

Δ = lambda v: v.Q_tilt()
mu = stability.Mumford().slope

def beta_minus(v):
  beta = stability.Tilt().beta
  solutions = solve(
    stability.Tilt(alpha=0).degree(v)==0,
    beta)
  return min(map(lambda s: s.rhs(), solutions))

class Object(object):
  pass
\end{sagesilent}

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\title{Tighter Bounds for Ranks of Tilt Semistabilizers on Picard Rank 1 Surfaces
\\[1em] \large
Practical Methods for Narrowing Down Possible Walls}
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\author{Luke Naylor}
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\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
	abstract content
\end{abstract}

\newpage
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\tableofcontents

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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}
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The theory of Bridgeland stability conditions \cite{BridgelandTom2007SCoT} on
complexes of sheaves was developed as a generalisation of stability for vector
bundles. The definition is most analoguous to Mumford stability, but is more
aware of the features that sheaves can have on spaces of dimension greater
than 1. Whilst also asymptotically matching up with Gieseker stability.
For K3 surfaces, explicit stability conditions were defined in
\cite{Bridgeland_StabK3}, and later shown to also be valid on other surfaces.

The moduli spaces of stable objects of some fixed Chern character $v$ is
studied, as well as how they change as we vary the Bridgeland stability
condition. They in fact do not change over whole regions of the stability
space (called chambers), but do undergo changes as we cross `walls' in the
stability space. These are where there is some stable object $F$ of $v$ which
has a subobject who's slope overtakes the slope of $v$, making $F$ unstable
after crossing the wall.

% NOTE: SURFACE SPECIALIZATION
% (come back to these when adjusting to general Picard rank 1)
In this document we concentrate on two surfaces: Principally polarized abelian
surfaces and the projective surface $\PP^2$. Although this can be generalised
for Picard rank 1 surfaces, the formulae will need adjusting.
The Bridgeland stability conditions (defined in \cite{Bridgeland_StabK3}) are
given by two parameters $\alpha \in \RR_{>0}$, $\beta \in \RR$, which will be
illustrated throughout this article with diagrams of the upper half plane.

It is well known that for any rational $\beta_0$,
the vertical line $\{\sigma_{\alpha,\beta_0} \colon \alpha \in \RR_{>0}\}$ only
intersects finitely many walls
\cite[Thm 1.1]{LoJason2014Mfbs}
\cite[Prop 4.2]{alma9924569879402466}
\cite[Lemma 5.20]{MinaHiroYana_SomeModSp}.
A consequence of this is that if
$\beta_{-}$ is rational, then there can only be finitely many circular walls to the
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left of the vertical wall $\beta = \mu$.
On the other hand, when $\beta_{-}$ is not rational, \cite{yanagida2014bridgeland}
showed that there are infinitely many walls.
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This dichotomy does not only hold for real walls, realised by actual objects in
$\bddderived(X)$, but also for pseudowalls. Here pseudowalls are defined as
`potential' walls, induced by hypothetical Chern characters of semistabilizers
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which satisfy certain numerical conditions which would be satisfied by any real
destabilizer, regardless of whether they are realised by actual semistabilizers
in $\bddderived(X)$ (dfn \ref{dfn:pseudo-semistabilizer}).
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Since real walls are a subset of pseudowalls, the irrational $\beta_{-}$ case
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follows immediately from the corresponding case for real walls.
However, the rational $\beta_{-}$ case involves showing that the following
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conditions only admit finitely many solutions (despite the fact that the same
conditions admit infinitely many solutions when $\beta_{-}$ is irrational).
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$E \hookrightarrow F \twoheadrightarrow G$ in $\mathcal{B}^\beta$
we have the following conditions.
There are some Bogomolov-Gieseker inequalities:
$0 \leq \Delta(E), \Delta(G)$.
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We also have a condition relating to the tilt category $\firsttilt\beta$:
$0 \leq \chern^\beta_1(E) \leq \chern^\beta_1(F)$.
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Finally, there is a condition ensuring that the radius of the circular wall is
strictly positive: $\chern^{\beta_{-}}_2(E) > 0$.
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For any fixed $\chern_0(E)$, the inequality
$0 \leq \chern^{\beta}_1(E) \leq \chern^{\beta}_1(F)$,
allows us to bound $\chern_1(E)$. Then, the other inequalities allow us to
bound $\chern_2(E)$. The final part to showing the finiteness of pseudowalls
would be bounding $\chern_0(E)$. This has been hinted at in
\cite{SchmidtBenjamin2020Bsot} and done explicitly by Benjamin Schmidt within a
SageMath \cite{sagemath} library which computes pseudowalls
\cite{SchmidtGithub2020}.
Here we discuss these bounds in more detail, along with the methods used,
followed by refinements on them which give explicit formulae for tighter bounds
on $\chern_0(E)$ of potential destabilizers $E$ of $F$.
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\section{Setting and Definitions: Clarifying `pseudo'}
Throughout this article, as noted in the introduction, we will be exclusively
working over one of the following two surfaces: principally polarized abelian
surfaces and $\PP^2$.

\begin{dfn}[Pseudo-semistabilizers]
\label{dfn:pseudo-semistabilizer}
% NOTE: SURFACE SPECIALIZATION
	Given a Chern Character $v$, and a given stability
	condition $\sigma_{\alpha,\beta}$,
	a pseudo-semistabilizing $u$ is a `potential' Chern character:
	\[
		u = \left(r, c\ell, d \frac{1}{2} \ell^2\right)
	\]
	which has the same tilt slope as $v$: $\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(u) = \nu_{\alpha,\beta}(v)$.

	\noindent
	Furthermore the following inequalities are satisfied:
	\begin{itemize}
		\item $\Delta(u) \geq 0$
		\item $\Delta(v-u) \geq 0$
		\item $0 \leq \chern_1^{\beta}(u) \leq \chern_1^{\beta}(v)$

	Note $u$ does not need to be a Chern character of an actual sub-object of some
	object in the stability condition's heart with Chern character $v$.
\end{dfn}

At this point, and in this document, we do not care about whether
pseudo-semistabilizers are even Chern characters of actual elements of
$\bddderived(X)$, some other sources may have this extra restriction too.

\begin{lemma}[ Sanity check for Pseudo-semistabilizers ]
% NOTE: SURFACE SPECIALIZATION
	Given a stability
	condition $\sigma_{\alpha,\beta}$,
	if $E\hookrightarrow F\twoheadrightarrow G$ is a semistabilizing sequence in
	$\firsttilt\beta$ for $F$.
	Then $\chern(E)$ is a pseudo-semistabilizer of $\chern(F)$
\end{lemma}

	q.e.d. (TODO)
\end{proof}


\section{Characteristic Curves of Stability Conditions Associated to Chern
Characters}

% NOTE: SURFACE SPECIALIZATION
Considering the stability conditions with two parameters $\alpha, \beta$ on
Picard rank 1 surfaces.
We can draw 2 characteristic curves for any given Chern character $v$ with
$\Delta(v) \geq 0$ and positive rank.
These are given by the equations $\chern_i^{\alpha,\beta}(v)=0$ for $i=1,2$, and
are illustrated in Fig \ref{fig:charact_curves_vis}
(dotted line for $i=1$, solid for $i=2$).

\begin{dfn}[Characteristic Curves $V_v$ and $\Theta_v$]
Given a Chern character $v$, with positive rank and $\Delta(v) \geq 0$, we
define two characteristic curves on the $(\alpha, \beta)$-plane:

\begin{align*}
	V_v &\colon \chern_1^{\alpha, \beta}(v) = 0 \\
	\Theta_v &\colon \chern_2^{\alpha, \beta}(v) = 0
\end{align*}
\end{dfn}

\begin{fact}[Geometry of Characteristic Curves]
The following facts can be deduced from the formulae for $\chern_i^{\alpha, \beta}(v)$
as well as the restrictions on $v$:
\begin{itemize}
	\item $V_v$ is a vertical line at $\beta=\mu(v)$
	\item $\Theta_v$ is a hyperbola with assymptotes angled at $\pm 45^\circ$
		crossing where $V_v$ meets the $\beta$-axis: $(\mu(v),0)$
	\item $\Theta_v$ is oriented with left-right branches (as opposed to up-down).
		The left branch shall be labelled $\Theta_v^-$ and the right $\Theta_v^+$.
	\item The gap along the $\beta$-axis between either branch of $\Theta_v$
		and $V_v$ is $\sqrt{\Delta(v)}/\chern_0(v)$.
	\item When $\Delta(v)=0$, $\Theta_v$ degenerates into a pair of lines, but the
		labels $\Theta_v^\pm$ will still be used for convenience.
\end{itemize}
\end{fact}

\minorheading{Relevance of the vertical line $V_v$}

By definition of the first tilt $\firsttilt\beta$, objects of Chern character
$v$ can only be in $\firsttilt\beta$ on the left of $V_v$, where
$\chern_1^{\alpha,\beta}(v)>0$, and objects of Chern character $-v$ can only be
in $\firsttilt\beta$ on the right, where $\chern_1^{\alpha,\beta}(-v)>0$. In
fact, if there is a Gieseker semistable coherent sheaf $E$ of Chern character
$v$, then $E \in \firsttilt\beta$ if and only if $\beta<\mu(E)$ (left of the
$V_v$), and $E[1] \in \firsttilt\beta$ if and only if $\beta\geq\mu(E)$.
Because of this, when using these characteristic curves, only positive ranks are
considered, as negative rank objects are implicitly considered on the right hand
side of $V_v$.

\begin{sagesilent}
def charact_curves(v):
    alpha = stability.Tilt().alpha
    beta = stability.Tilt().beta
    coords_range = (beta, -4, 5), (alpha, 0, 4)
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    text_args = {"fontsize":"xx-large", "clip":True}
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    black_text_args = {"rgbcolor": "black", **text_args}
    p = (
      implicit_plot(stability.Tilt().degree(v), *coords_range )
      + line([(mu(v),0),(mu(v),5)], linestyle = "dashed")
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      + text(r"$\Theta_v^+$",[3.5, 2], rotation=45, **text_args)
      + text(r"$V_v$", [0.43, 1.5], rotation=90, **text_args)
      + text(r"$\Theta_v^-$", [-2.2, 2], rotation=-45, **text_args)
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      + text(r"$\nu_{\alpha, \beta}(v)>0$", [-3, 1], **black_text_args)
      + text(r"$\nu_{\alpha, \beta}(v)<0$", [-1, 3], **black_text_args)
      + text(r"$\nu_{\alpha, \beta}(-v)>0$", [2, 3], **black_text_args)
      + text(r"$\nu_{\alpha, \beta}(-v)<0$", [4, 1], **black_text_args)
    )
    p.xmax(5)
    p.xmin(-4)
    p.ymax(4)
    p.axes_labels([r"$\beta$", r"$\alpha$"])
    return p

v1 = Chern_Char(3, 2, -2)
v2 = Chern_Char(3, 2, 2/3)
\end{sagesilent}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{subfigure}{.49\textwidth}
	\centering
	\sageplot[width=\textwidth]{charact_curves(v1)}
	\caption{$\Delta(v)>0$}
	\label{fig:charact_curves_vis_bgmvlPos}
\end{subfigure}%
\hfill
\begin{subfigure}{.49\textwidth}
	\centering
	\sageplot[width=\textwidth]{charact_curves(v2)}
	\caption{
		$\Delta(v)=0$: hyperbola collapses
	}
	\label{fig:charact_curves_vis_bgmlv0}
\end{subfigure}
\caption{
	Characteristic curves ($\chern_i^{\alpha,\beta}(v)=0$) of stability conditions
	associated to Chern characters $v$ with $\Delta(v) \geq 0$ and positive rank.
}
\label{fig:charact_curves_vis}
\end{figure}

\minorheading{Relevance of the hyperbola $\Theta_v$}

Since $\chern_2^{\alpha, \beta}$ is the numerator of the tilt slope
$\nu_{\alpha, \beta}$. The curve $\Theta_v$, where this is 0, firstly divides the
$(\alpha$-$\beta)$-half-plane into regions where the signs of tilt slopes of
objects of Chern character $v$ (or $-v$) are fixed. Secondly, it gives more of a
fixed target for some $u=(r,c\ell,d\frac{1}{2}\ell^2)$ to be a
pseudo-semistabilizer of $v$, in the following sense: If $(\alpha,\beta)$, is on
$\Theta_v$, then for any $u$, $u$ is a pseudo-semistabilizer of $v$ iff
$\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(u)=0$, and hence $\chern_2^{\alpha, \beta}(u)=0$. In fact,
this allows us to use the characteristic curves of some $v$ and $u$ (with
$\Delta(v), \Delta(u)\geq 0$ and positive ranks) to determine the location of
the pseudo-wall where $u$ pseudo-semistabilizes $v$. This is done by finding the
intersection of $\Theta_v$ and $\Theta_u$, the point $(\beta,\alpha)$ where
$\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(u)=\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(v)=0$, and a pseudo-wall point on
$\Theta_v$, and hence the apex of the circular pseudo-wall with centre $(\beta,0)$
(as per subsection \ref{subsect:bertrams-nested-walls}).
\label{subsect:bertrams-nested-walls}

Although Bertram's nested wall theorem can be proved more directly, it's also
important for the content of this document to understand the connection with
these characteristic curves.
Emanuele Macri noticed in (TODO ref) that any circular wall of $v$ reaches a critical
point on $\Theta_v$ (TODO ref). This is a consequence of
$\frac{\delta}{\delta\beta} \chern_2^{\alpha,\beta} = -\chern_1^{\alpha,\beta}$.
This fact, along with the hindsight knowledge that non-vertical walls are
circles with centers on the $\beta$-axis, gives an alternative view to see that
the circular walls must be nested and non-intersecting.

\subsection{Characteristic curves for pseudo-semistabilizers}

These characteristic curves introduced are convenient tools to think about the
numerical conditions that can be used to test for pseudo-semistabilizers, and
for solutions to the problem (\ref{problem:problem-statement-1}).
In particular, problem (\ref{problem:problem-statement-1}) will be translated to
a list of numerical inequalities on it's solutions $u$.

The next lemma is a key to making this translation and revolves around the
geometry and configuration of the characteristic curves involved in a
semistabilizing sequence.

\begin{lemma}[Numerical tests for left-wall pseudo-semistabilizers]
\label{lem:pseudo_wall_numerical_tests}
Let $v$ and $u$ be Chern characters with $\Delta(v),
\Delta(u)\geq 0$, and $v$ has positive rank. Let $P$ be a point on $\Theta_v^-$.
\bgroup
\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\alph{enumi}.}
\begin{enumerate}
\item $u$ is a pseudo-semistabilizer of $v$ at some point on $\Theta_v^-$ above
	$P$
\item $u$ destabilizes $v$ going `inwards', that is,
	$\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(u)<\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(v)$ outside the pseudo-wall, and
	$\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(u)>\nu_{\alpha,\beta}(v)$ inside.
\end{enumerate}
\egroup
are equivalent to the following more numerical conditions:
\begin{enumerate}
	\item $u$ has positive rank
	\item $\beta(P)<\mu(u)<\mu(v)$, i.e. $V_u$ is strictly between $P$ and $V_v$.
	\item $\chern_1^{\beta(P)}(v-u)\geq0$, $\Delta(v-u) \geq 0$
	\item $\chern_2^{P}(u)>0$
\end{enumerate}
Let $u,v$ be Chern characters with
$\Delta(u),\Delta(v) \geq 0$, and $v$ has positive rank.


For the forwards implication, assume that the suppositions of the lemma are
satisfied. Let $Q$ be the point on $\Theta_v^-$ (above $P$) where $u$ is a
pseudo-semistabilizer of $v$.
Firstly, consequence 3 is part of the definition for $u$ being a
pseudo-semistabilizer at a point with same $\beta$ value of $P$ (since the
pseudo-wall surrounds $P$).
If $u$ were to have 0 rank, it's tilt slope would be decreasing as $\beta$
increases, contradicting supposition b. So $u$ must have strictly non-zero rank,
and we can consider it's characteristic curves (or that of $-u$ in case of
negative rank).
$\nu_Q(v)=0$, and hence $\nu_Q(u)=0$ too. This means that $\Theta_{\pm u}$ must
intersect $\Theta_v^-$ at $Q$. Considering the shapes of the hyperbolae alone,
there are 3 distinct ways that they can intersect, as illustrated in Fig
\ref{fig:hyperbol-intersection}. These cases are distinguished by whether it is
the left, or the right branch of $\Theta_u$ involved, as well as the positions
of the base. However, considering supposition b, only case 3 (green in
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