A Noether-Lefschetz theorem for vector bundles (Q1911862)

Let \(X\) be a smooth complex projective \(n\)-fold and let \(E\) be a very ample vector bundle on \(X\) of rank \(r\). The zero locus of a general section \(s\in H^0(X,E)\) is a smooth, irreducible subvariety \(Z\) of \(X\), of codimension \(r\). Assume \(n-r\) is even. Let \(\text{Alg} \subset H^{n-r} (Z)\) be the space of algebraic classes and let \(\text{Im} \subset H^{n -r} (Z)\) be the image of \(H^{n-r} (X)\). The author proves the following Noether-Lefschetz type theorem: For \(s\) general (in the Noether-Lefschetz sense), either \(\text{Alg} \subset \text{Im} \), or \(\text{Alg} + \text{Im} = H^{n-r} (Z)\). The author uses a monodromy argument developed by \textit{N. Goldstein} [Math. Ann. 246, 41-68 (1979; Zbl 0472.14011)] and reduces the proof of the main technical difficulty to the case \(r=1\) using the projective bundle \(\mathbb{P} (E)\).