Mixed Hodge Structures on Alexander Modules

DOI10.1090/MEMO/1479MaRDI QIDQ6334156zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eva Elduque, Christian Geske, Moisés Herradón Cueto, Laurenţiu George Maxim, Botong Wang

Publication date 4 February 2020

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/1479

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to algebraic geometry (14-02) Transcendental methods, Hodge theory (algebro-geometric aspects) (14C30) Variation of Hodge structures (algebro-geometric aspects) (14D07) Topological properties in algebraic geometry (14F45) Deformations of complex singularities; vanishing cycles (32S30) Mixed Hodge theory of singular varieties (complex-analytic aspects) (32S35) Monodromy; relations with differential equations and (D)-modules (complex-analytic aspects) (32S40) Sheaf cohomology in algebraic topology (55N30)

Abstract: Motivated by the limit mixed Hodge structure on the Milnor fiber of a hypersurface singularity germ, we construct a natural mixed Hodge structure on the torsion part of the Alexander modules of a smooth connected complex algebraic variety. More precisely, let

U

be a smooth connected complex algebraic variety and let

f c o l o n U o m a t h b b C^{*}

be an algebraic map inducing an epimorphism in fundamental groups. The pullback of the universal cover of

m a t h b b C^{*}

by

f

gives rise to an infinite cyclic cover

U^{f}

of

U

. The action of the deck group

m a t h b b Z

on

U^{f}

induces a

m a t h b b Q [t^{p m 1}]

-module structure on

H_{*} (U^{f}; m a t h b b Q)

. We show that the torsion parts

A_{*} (U^{f}; m a t h b b Q)

of the Alexander modules

H_{*} (U^{f}; m a t h b b Q)

carry canonical

m a t h b b Q

-mixed Hodge structures. We also prove that the covering map

U^{f} o U

induces a mixed Hodge structure morphism on the torsion parts of the Alexander modules. As applications, we investigate the semisimplicity of

A_{*} (U^{f}; m a t h b b Q)

, as well as possible weights of the constructed mixed Hodge structures. Finally, in the case when

f c o l o n U o m a t h b b C^{*}

is proper, we prove the semisimplicity and purity of

A_{*} (U^{f}; m a t h b b Q)

, and we compare our mixed Hodge structure on

A_{*} (U^{f}; m a t h b b Q)

with the limit mixed Hodge structure on the generic fiber of

f

.

Cited in

(1)

Hodge theory of abelian covers of algebraic varieties

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