Yet another version of Mumford's theorem (Q2257987)

Let \(X\) be a smooth projective variety of dimension \(n\) over \(\mathbb{C}\), and \(h\in H^2(X,\mathbb{Q})\) the class of an ample line bundle. The hard Lefschetz theorem asserts that the map \(L^{n-i}:H^i(X,\mathbb{Q})\rightarrow H^{2n-i}(X,\mathbb{Q})\) obtained by cupping with \(h^{n-i}\) is an isomorphism for any \(i<n\). The standard Lefschetz conjecture, called \(B(X,i)\) for a given \(i<n\), asserts that the inverse isomorphism \((L^{n-i})^{-1}\) is induced by an algebraic correspondence. The main result of the present paper is the following: If there is an \(i\) such that the Chow group \(A^i(X)_{\mathbb{Q}}\) is supported on a divisor and \(B(X,j)\) holds true for any \(j\leq i\), then the cohomology group \(H^i(X,\mathbb{Q})\) is supported on a divisor. As a direct consequence he shows that for any variety \(X\) with \(H^{i,0}(X)\neq 0\), which satisfies the standard Lefschetz conjecture, there is no Chow group \(A^i(X)_{\mathbb{Q}}\) supported on a divisor.