On the Transcendence of Period Images

arXiv2106.09342MaRDI QIDQ6370536FDOQ6370536

Authors: David Urbanik 

Publication date: 17 June 2021

Abstract: Let $f:XoS$ be a family of smooth projective algebraic varieties over a smooth connected base $S$, with everything defined over $overlinemathbbQ$. Denote by $mathbbV=R^{2i}{f}_{\ast }mathbbZ(i)$ the associated integral variation of Hodge structure on the degree $2i$ cohomology. We consider the following question: when can a fibre $mathbb{V}_s$ above an algebraic point $sinS(overlinemathbbQ)$ be isomorphic to a transcendental fibre $mathbb{V}_{s^{\prime }}$ with $s^{\prime }inS(mathbbC)setminusS(overlinemathbbQ)$? When $mathbbV$ induces a quasi-finite period map $$, conjectures in Hodge theory predict that such isomorphisms cannot exist. We introduce new differential-algebraic techniques to show this is true for all points $sinS(overlinemathbbQ)$ outside of an explicit proper closed algebraic subset of $S$. As a corollary we establish the existence of a canonical $overlinemathbbQ$-algebraic model for normalizations of period images.

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