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Grothendieck--Lefschetz for ample subvarieties

Algebraic Geometry 2023-02-07 v4

Abstract

We establish a Grothendieck--Lefschetz theorem for smooth ample subvarieties of smooth projective varieties over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and, more generally, for smooth subvarieties whose complement has small cohomological dimension. A weaker statement is also proved in a more general context and in all characteristics. Several applications are included.

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@article{arxiv.1911.10385,
  title  = {Grothendieck--Lefschetz for ample subvarieties},
  author = {Tommaso de Fernex and Chung Ching Lau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.10385},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

v4: to appear in Math. Z. v5: 19 pages; an error in Theorem B about torsion in positive characteristics, kindly pointed out by Emelie Arvidsson and Lena Ji, is fixed; applications are unaffected

R2 v1 2026-06-23T12:25:14.231Z