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Characteristic varieties of quasi-projective manifolds and orbifolds

Algebraic Geometry 2018-05-04 v4

Abstract

We prove that the irreducible components of the characteristic varieties of quasi-projective manifolds are either pull-backs of such components for orbifolds, or torsion points. This gives an interpretation for the so-called \emph{translated} components of the characteristic varieties, and shows that the zero-dimensional components are indeed torsion. The main result is used to derive further obstructions for a group to be the fundamental group of a quasi-projective manifold.

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@article{arxiv.1005.4761,
  title  = {Characteristic varieties of quasi-projective manifolds and orbifolds},
  author = {Enrique Artal Bartolo and Jose Ignacio Cogolludo-Agustin and Daniel Matei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4761},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

33 pages, no figures. General rearrangement and proof of Proposition 4.2 is expanded