Frobenius amplitude and strong vanishing theorems for vector bundles. With an appendix by Dennis S. Keeler. (Q1880953)

The author exploits systematically the method of Deligne and Illusie to obtain Kodaira-type vanishing theorems for vector bundles and, more generally, coherent sheaves on algebraic varieties. The main idea is to introduce a number that provides a cohomological measure of the positivity of a coherent sheaf called the Frobenius or \(F\)-amplitude. This \(F\)-amplitude enters into the statement of the basic vanishing theorem, and this leads to the problem of calculating, or at least estimating, this number. Most of the work in the paper is devoted to doing this in various situations. The paper contains an appendix on arithmetically nef bundles by Dennis S. Keeler.