Novikov homology, jump loci and Massey products

de Rham cohomology and algebraic geometry (14F40) Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Homology with local coefficients, equivariant cohomology (55N25) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

Abstract: Let X be a finite CW-complex, denote its fundamental group by G. Let R be an n-dimensional complex repesentation of G. Any element A of the first cohomology group of X with complex coefficients gives rise to the exponential deformation of the representation R, which can be considered as a curve in the space of representations. We show that the cohomology of X with local coefficients corresponding to the generic point of this curve is computable from a spectral sequence starting from the cohomology of X with R-twisted coefficients. We compute the differentials of the spectral sequence in terms of Massey products. We show that the spectral sequence degenerates in case when X is a Kaehler manifold, and the representation R is semi-simple. If A is a real cohomology class, one associates to the triple (X,R,A) the twisted Novikov homology (a module over the Novikov ring). We show that the twisted Novikov Betti numbers equal the Betti numbers of X with coefficients in the above local system. We investigate the dependance of these numbers on A and prove that they are constant in the complement to a finite number of integral hyperplanes in the first cohomology group.

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Let \(X\) be a finite CW complex, and \(\rho :\pi_1(X)\to GL(l,\mathbb C)\) a representation. For any class \(\alpha \in H^1(X,\mathbb C)\) there is a deformation \(\gamma_t\) of \(\rho\) defined by \(\gamma_t(g):= e^{t<\alpha,g>}\rho(g)\). The authors obtain a spectral sequence starting from the cohomology groups of \(X\) with local coefficients in \(\rho\) and converging to the cohomology of \(X\) with coefficients in \(\gamma_t\) for generic \(t\). They compute the differentials of the spectral sequence in terms of Massey products. The spectral sequence degenerates in certain cases, in particular, when \(X\) is a Kähler manifold and \(\rho\) is semi-simple. In the case of a trivial representation it happens also when \(X\) is formal, by the work of \textit{P. Deligne} et al. [Invent. Math. 29, 245--274 (1975; Zbl 0312.55011)]. In the nontrivial case the notion of strongly formal space is required. The authors also relate the twisted Novikov Betti numbers to the Betti numbers of \(X\) in the coefficients in \(\gamma_t\).

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