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Let X S Y be a regular imbedding of codimension d, with normal bundle N X Y; let V be a k-dimensional subvariety of Y, W= X∩V,N the restriction of N X Y to W, and C⊂N the normal cone to W in V. In Chap. 6 the intersection class X·V in A k-d (W) has been constructed to be \( s\frac{ * }{N}\left[ C \right] \) where s N W → Nis the zero-section.
If X S Y is imbedded in a family S S Y x T of regular imbeddings, with T a non-singular curve, 0 ∈ T, X0 = X, and S ⊂ Y x T is a deformation of V, then there is a closed set \( \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\lim } \\ {t \to 0} \end{array}{X_t} \cap {V_t}} \right) \) contained in W, and a class we denote \( \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\lim } \\ {t \to 0} \end{array}\left( {{X_t} \cdot {V_t}} \right) \) in \( {A_{k - d}}\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\lim } \\ {t \to 0} \end{array}{X_t} \cap {V_t}} \right) \) which refines X·V, i.e., maps to X·V in A k-d (W)
The Kodaira-Spencer homomorphism for the deformation determines a section of N, and hence a class \( S\frac{!}{\mathfrak{F}}\left[ C \right] \) in \( S\frac{{ - 1}}{\mathfrak{F}}\left( C \right) \) which also refines X·V. In fact
and, by these inclusions
If X t , meets Vt properly for generic t, then \( \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\lim } \\ {t \to 0} \end{array}\left( {{X_t} \cap {V_t}} \right) \) has dimension k - d, so \( \begin{array}{*{20}{c}}dim {\lim} \\ {t \to 0} \end{array}\left( {{X_t} \cdot {V_t}} \right) \) is a well-defined cycle representing X·V. If dim \( s\frac{{ - 1}}{\mathfrak{K}}\left( C \right) = k - d \) this limit cycle must be \( s\frac{!}{\mathfrak{K}}\left[ C \right] \) in which case the limit cycle is determined by infinitesimal data.
This allows a dynamic interpretation for the distinguished varieties and their equivalences, which can be useful for calculations. For any closed subset Z of X, let (X·V)Z be the part of X·V supported on Z (§ 6.1). If N X Y is generated by its sections, there is an open set T (Z) of sections such that for each, s ! [C] is a (k - d)-cycle \( \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\lim } \\ {t \to 0} \end{array}\left( {{X_t} \cdot {V_t}} \right) \) and the part of s ! [C] which is supported on Z is precisely (X·V) Z Thus (X·V) Z is represented by the part of the limit cycle supported on Z, for generic deformations, i.e., deformations whose characteristic section is in T (Z). Knowing (X·V) Z for all Z is the same as knowing the equivalences of the distinguished varieties.
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Fulton, W. (1998). Dynamic Intersections. In: Intersection Theory. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1700-8_12
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