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On a Lefschetz-type phenomenon for elliptic Calabi--Yaus

Algebraic Geometry 2022-02-11 v4 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider 18 families of elliptic Calabi--Yaus which arise in constructing FF-theory compactifications of string vacua, and show in each case that the upper Hodge diamond of a crepant resolution of the associated Weierstrass model coincides with the upper Hodge diamond of the (blown up) projective bundle in which the crepant resolution is naturally embedded. Such results are unexpected, as each crepant resolution we consider does \emph{not} satisfy the hypotheses of the Lefschetz hyperplane theorem. In light of such findings, we suspect that all ellipitic Calabi--Yaus satisfy such a `Lefschetz-type phenomenon'.

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@article{arxiv.1901.10146,
  title  = {On a Lefschetz-type phenomenon for elliptic Calabi--Yaus},
  author = {Andrea Cattaneo and James Fullwood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.10146},
  year   = {2022}
}

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25 pages. New results added, exposition improved