English

Generalized nearby cycles via relative and logarithmic $\mathscr{D}$-modules

Algebraic Geometry 2026-05-29 v3

Abstract

For a regular map FF from a complex smooth affine variety XX to ACr\mathbb A^r_\mathbb C, we construct generalized nearby-cycle modules of a regular holonomic D\mathscr D-module M\mathcal M along log strata with the log structure induced by the graph of FF, whose relative supports are infinite unions of translated linear subvarieties of Cr\mathbb C^r determined by the zero loci of Bernstein-Sato ideals along monoid ideals. For a fixed log stratum, the nearby-cycle module corresponds to the Sabbah specialization complex of DR(M)(\mathcal M) under the relative regular Riemann-Hilbert correspondence of Fiorot-Fernandes-Sabbah, which generalizes the classical comparison theorem of Kashiwara-Malgrange for Deligne's nearby cycles. As an application, when M=OX\mathcal M=\mathcal O_X, we give a topological interpretation of the zero loci of Bernstein-Sato ideals of FF along monoid ideals under the exponential map, which answers a question of Budur-Shi-Zuo.

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@article{arxiv.2602.05314,
  title  = {Generalized nearby cycles via relative and logarithmic $\mathscr{D}$-modules},
  author = {Lei Wu and with an appendix by Claude Sabbah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05314},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

83 pages. Appendix I: Relative characteristic varieties of relative regular holonomic D-modules, by Claude Sabbah

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