Kodaira-Saito vanishing and applications (Q515301)

One important application of the theory of mixed Hodge module is Saito's generalization of Kodaira vanishing. In this paper the author surveys Saito's original arguments starting from a topological vanishing for perverse sheaves and using Saito's version of V-filtrations for \(D_X\)-modules. Using the vanishing theorems, a weak positivity result (in the sense of E. Viehweg) is obtained via a standard algebro-geometric argument. The author also explores a Kawamata-Viehweg type generalization of the vanishing theorems.