Hyperplane sections for simple singularities and examples of variations of Hodge structures (Q425143): Difference between revisions

The author constructs interesting new variations of Hodge structures (VHS) on smooth projective varieties \(Y\) which are obtained as follows. First one takes a generic \(m\)-dimensional linear section \(U_m\) of the open set \(U\) parametrizing the smooth hyperplane sections of a given odd dimensional projective smooth variety \(X\). Then, for \(3 \leq m \leq 6\), \(Y\) can be realized as the smooth compactification of the total space of a finite Galois covering of \(U_m\). A rational, polarizable VHS on \(X\) gives then rise to a VSH on \(Y\) using standard pull-back and push-forward operations. This construction is applied to checking the Carlson-Toledo conjecture for classes of examples of dimension \(m\).