Weak positivity for Hodge modules

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Abstract: We prove the weak positivity of the kernels of Kodaira-Spencer- type maps for pure Hodge module extensions of generically defined variations of Hodge structure.


This paper deals with the study of positivity properties of extensions of variations of Hodge structure. The construction starts with a smooth projective complex variety \(X\) and an open dense subset \(U\). When \(X=U\), Griffiths proved that the lowest term of the Hodge filtration is a nef vector bundle. Fujita and later Kawamata extended this result to the case of a simple normal crossing divisor, together with monodromy properties. The authors here present a further generalisation in the setting of Hodge modules. In particular they first recall the notion of \textit{weak positivity}, introduced by \textit{E. Viehweg} in [Adv. Stud. Pure Math. 1, 329--353 (1983; Zbl 0513.14019)]. Weak positivity is investigated in the case of \(M\), the (unique) pure Hodge module extension on \(X\) coming from a polarizable VHS on \(U\) with unipotent local monodromies. To \(M\), for any integer \(p\), it is associated a set of natural Kodaira-Spencer type homomorphisms \(\theta_p: \mathrm{gr}^F_p \mathcal{M} \to \mathrm{gr}^F_{p+1} \mathcal{M} \otimes \Omega^1_X\). Denote by \(K_p(M)\) the kernel of the \(p\)-th homomorphism above. Then the authors prove how the duals of the sheaves \(K_p(M)\) are weakly positive. This is useful when working in families: indeed another work of the first author is quoted, where the above results are useful in the setting of Viehweg's hyperbolicity conjecture.











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