Variations of mixed Hodge structure attached to the deformation theory of a complex variation of Hodge structures (Q645356)

Let \(X\) be a compact Kähler manifold, \(x \in X\) a base point and \(\rho : \pi_1(X,x) \to GL_N(\mathbb{C})\) the monodromy representation of a \(\mathbb{C}\)-variations of Hodge structures. Let \(T\) be the formal universal deformation space of \(\rho\), with structure sheaf \(\hat{\mathcal{O}}_T\) and maximal ideal \(m\). Denote by \(\rho_{T,n} : \pi_1(X,x) \to GL_N(\hat{\mathcal{O}}_T/m^n)\) the restriction of the universal deformation of \(\rho\). The main result of the article is the construction of a \(\mathbb{C}\)-variations of Hodge structures on \(X\), the monodromy representation of which is exactly \(\rho_{T,n}\) and the weight filtration of which is given by the powers of \(m\). The main motivation for this result is that it is used in the proof of linear Shafarevich conjecture [\textit{P. Eyssidieux}, \textit{L. Katzarkov}, \textit{T. Pantev} and \textit{M. Ramachandran}, ``Linear Shafarevich conjecture'', \url{arXiv:0904.0693}]. Also, the result is a consequence of the construction of a mixed Hodge structure on the formal local ring of \(\rho\) in the variety of representations \(R(\pi(X,x), GL_N)\).