Functional characterization of the algebraic cohomology of a projective manifold (Q957557)

In the author's previous paper [J. Math. Pures Appl., IX. Sér. 79, No. 1, 21--56 (2000; Zbl 0959.32015)], it was proved a characterization of the divisors of the Grassmannian \(\mathbb G_{q-1,n}\) which are Chow transforms of \((q,q)\)-currents on \(\mathbb P^n.\) This allowed the author to characterize the currents, associated to algebraic cycles, as being those for which the direct image by a Veronese embedding \(\mathbb P_n\to\mathbb P_{\binom{n+ d}{d}-1}\) of degree \(d\geqslant 2\) has a divisor for the Chow transform. The main results of the paper under review are best presented by the author's summary: ``We prove that a closed current on a projective manifold is cohomologous to an algebraic cycle with complex coefficients if and only if it is a weak limit of such cycles. This allows us to present two functional approaches of the problem of the algebraicity of cohomology classes. On the one hand, using the characterization of currents associated to algebraic cycles by the Chow transformation, we reduce the obstructions to an orthogonality condition with certain smooth functions on the Grassmannian, which are in general merely images of distributions by a suitable explicitly defined linear differential operator; this forces a convergence in the space of \(\mathcal C^k\) functions. On the other hand, by going onto the space of divisors of the Grassmannian, we introduce a scalar differential equation whose resolution gives the approximation''.