Bridgeland Stability Conditions — Ext Theorems and Phase Rigidity #
Extensionality theorems for stability conditions, phase rigidity (Lemma 6.4 sublemma),
and the exponential decomposition impossibility lemmas. The core structures, topology,
and seminorm are in StabilityCondition.Defs.
References #
- Bridgeland, "Stability conditions on triangulated categories", Annals of Math. 2007
Ext theorems #
The ordinary compatibility statement for a prestability condition, with the identity class map simplified away.
Phase rigidity for same central charge #
Lemma 6.4 sublemma. If two stability conditions σ and τ have the same central
charge Z, and a nonzero object E is σ-semistable of phase φ and τ-semistable
of phase ψ with |φ - ψ| < 2, then φ = ψ.
A real multiple of exp(iπψ) cannot equal a sum of positive real multiples of
exp(iπθⱼ) where all θⱼ lie strictly below ψ and above ψ - 1. The proof takes
the imaginary part after dividing by exp(iπψ): since sin(π(θⱼ - ψ)) < 0 for all j,
the imaginary part of the sum is strictly negative, contradicting the real LHS.
Symmetric version: a real multiple of exp(iπψ) cannot equal a sum of positive
real multiples of exp(iπθⱼ) where all θⱼ lie strictly above ψ and below ψ + 1.