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Monodromy of a family of hypersurfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2009-04-28 v2

Abstract

Let YY be an (m+1)(m+1)-dimensional irreducible smooth complex projective variety embedded in a projective space. Let ZZ be a closed subscheme of YY, and δ\delta be a positive integer such that IZ,Y(δ)\mathcal I_{Z,Y}(\delta) is generated by global sections. Fix an integer dδ+1d\geq \delta +1, and assume the general divisor XH0(Y,\icZ,Y(d))X \in |H^0(Y,\ic_{Z,Y}(d))| is smooth. Denote by Hm(X;Q)ZvanH^m(X;\mathbb Q)_{\perp Z}^{\text{van}} the quotient of Hm(X;Q)H^m(X;\mathbb Q) by the cohomology of YY and also by the cycle classes of the irreducible components of dimension mm of ZZ. In the present paper we prove that the monodromy representation on Hm(X;Q)ZvanH^m(X;\mathbb Q)_{\perp Z}^{\text{van}} for the family of smooth divisors XH0(Y,\icZ,Y(d))X \in |H^0(Y,\ic_{Z,Y}(d))| is irreducible.

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@article{arxiv.0803.1627,
  title  = {Monodromy of a family of hypersurfaces},
  author = {Vincenzo Di Gennaro and Davide Franco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1627},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, to appear on Ann. Scient. Ec. Norm. Sup