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On the algebraicity of the zero locus of an admissible normal function

Algebraic Geometry 2012-12-11 v3

Abstract

We show that the zero locus of an admissible normal function on a smooth complex algebraic variety is algebraic.

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@article{arxiv.0910.0628,
  title  = {On the algebraicity of the zero locus of an admissible normal function},
  author = {Patrick Brosnan and Gregory Pearlstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0628},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Added appendix on Tannakian Category of admissible nilpotent orbits in one variable with limit split over the reals. The appendix recovers an unpublished theorem of Deligne used in the body of the paper. Brosnan accidentally uploaded this revision as a revision to arXiv:1002.4422