Arithmetic normal functions and filtrations on Chow groups (Q2845540)

The aim and the results of this rather technical but useful paper are described clearly by the author in his abstract: ``Let \(X/\mathbb C\) be a smooth projective variety, and let \(\text{CH}^r(X,m)\) be the higher Chow group defined by Bloch. \textit{S. Saito} [in: The arithmetic and geometry of algebraic cycles. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Banff, Canada, June 7--19, 1998. Gordon, B. Brent (ed.) et al., The arithmetic and geometry of algebraic cycles. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Banff, Canada, June 7--19, 1998. Vol. 1. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. NATO ASI Ser., Ser. C, Math. Phys. Sci. 548, 321--346 (2000; Zbl 0974.14006)] and \textit{M. Asakura} [in: The arithmetic and geometry of algebraic cycles. Proceedings of the CRM summer school, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 7--19, 1998. Vol. 2. Gordon, B. Brent (ed.) et al., The arithmetic and geometry of algebraic cycles. Proceedings of the CRM summer school, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 7--19, 1998. Vol. 2. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS). CRM Proc. Lect. Notes. 24, 133--154 (2000; Zbl 0966.14014)] defined a descending candidate Bloch-Beilinson filtration NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\text{CH}^r(X,m;\mathbb Q)=F^0\supset\cdots\supset F^r\supset F^{r+1}=F^{r+2}=\cdots,NEWLINE\]NEWLINE using the language of mixed Hodge modules. Another more geometrically defined filtration is constructed by Kerr and Lewis in terms of germs of normal functions. We show that under the assumptions (i) \(X/\mathbb C=X_0\times\mathbb C\) where \(X_0\) is defined over \(\overline{\mathbb Q}\), and (ii) the general Hodge conjecture, that \(F^{\bullet}\text{CH}^r(X,m;\mathbb Q)\) coincides with the aforementioned geometric filtration. More specifically, it is characterized in terms of germs of reduced arithmetic normal functions.''