Hilbert schemes of points on smooth projective surfaces and generalized Kummer varieties with finite group actions

Abstract

Göttsche and Soergel gave formulas for the Hodge numbers of Hilbert schemes of points on a smooth algebraic surface and the Hodge numbers of generalized Kummer varieties. When a smooth projective surface $S$ admits an action by a finite group $G$, we describe the action of $G$ on the Hodge pieces via point counting. Each element of $G$ gives a trace on ${\sum }_{n=0}^{\infty }{\sum }_{i=0}^{\infty }(-1{)}^i{H}^i(S^{[n]},\mathbb{C})q^n$. In the case that $S$ is a K3 surface or an abelian surface, the resulting generating functions give some interesting modular forms when $G$ acts faithfully and symplectically on $S$.

20 pages