Mixed multiplier ideals and the irregularity of abelian coverings of smooth projective surfaces (Q5920311)

The aim of the article under review is to establish a formula for the irregularity of abelian coverings of smooth projective surfaces by using mixed multiplier ideals. Let \(X\) be a smooth projective surface and let \(G\) be a abelian group of the form \(\bigoplus_{j=1}^s \mathbb{Z} / n_j \mathbb{Z}\). Let \(\pi: S \rightarrow X\) be a standard \(G\)-abelian covering, and let \(\widetilde{S} \rightarrow S\) be a desingularisation of \(S\). The main theorem of the article is to give an explicit formula to calculate \(h^1 (\widetilde{S} , \mathcal{O}_{\widetilde{S}}) - h^1 (X, \mathcal{O}_X)\) by using the mixed multiplier ideals associated to the branch locus of \(\pi\). The formula can be seen as a full generalization of \textit{O. Zariski}'s paper [Ann. Math. (2) 32, 485--511 (1931; JFM 57.0440.03)] for cyclic coverings of the projective plane. In the last part of the article, the author gives several interesting applications of the formula.