RT Journal Article T1 Bases for the homology groups of the Hilbert scheme of points in the plane A1 Mallavibarrena Martínez de Castro, Raquel A1 Sols Lucía, Ignacio AB Let Hilb d P 2 =Hilb d P 2 C denote the Hilbert scheme parametrizing 0-dimensional, length-d subschemes of the plane. The authors determine an additive basis for the Chow group A.(Hilb d P 2 ) consisting of classes of closures of locally closed subschemes of P 2 . A key feature of this basis is that it consists of cycle classes whose generic points correspond to reduced length-d subschemes, making it convenient for use in enumerative problems. This is in contrast to the basis given by G. Ellingsrud and S. A. Strømme that arises from a cell decomposition [Invent Math. 91 (1988), no. 2, 365–370]. The authors' method of proof involves showing that their basis specializes (via an intermediate basis) to that of Ellingsrud and Strømme. As applications of their main results and methods, the authors employ a G m -action on P 2 and the Ellingsrud-Strømme basis for A.(Hilb d P 2 ) to give a basis for the Chow group of the variety W ∗ of Schubert triangles. Their results agree with work of J. Roberts and R. Speiser [Comm. Algebra 15 (1987), no. 9, 1929–1966] and A. Collino and W. Fulton [Mém. Soc. Math. France (N.S.) No. 38 (1989), 75–117]. The paper concludes with enumerative applications using the authors' basis for A.(Hilb d P 2 ) to verify formulas conjectured by Schubert for the number of bitangent contacts between members of two families of moving plane curves. PB Cambridge University Press SN 0010-437X YR 1990 FD 1990-05 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58383 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58383 LA eng NO C.A.I.C.Y.T. DS Docta Complutense RD 7 abr 2025