\(L^ p\) cohomology of cones and horns (Q1330393)

This paper has three main results: 1. The author proves the conjecture of \textit{J. P. Brasselet, M. Goresky} and \textit{R. MacPherson} [Am. J. Math. 113, No. 6, 1019-1052 (1991; Zbl 0748.55002)] on the isomorphism between \(L^ p\) cohomology and intersection cohomology for a stratified space with a Riemannian metric with conical singularities, and proves the extension of this conjecture to spaces with \(f\)-horn singularities, where \(f(r)\) is any \(C^ \infty\) nondecreasing function. 2. The author studies the \(L^ p\) Stokes property which states that the minimal closed extension of \(d\) acting on \(L^ p\) forms coincides with the maximal one. The author proves that it implies the Borel-Moore duality between the complexes of \(L^ p\) forms and \(L^ q\) forms. 3. The author proves the converse of the latter result for spaces with \(f\)-horn singularities on the condition that the integral \(\int^ \epsilon_ 0 f(r)^{-1}dr\) diverges. These results are generalizations of the results of J. Cheeger for \(L^ 2\) cohomology.