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On the image of higher signature maps

Algebraic Geometry 2026-04-08 v4 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

Given a smooth variety XX over the field R\mathbb{R} of real numbers and a line bundle L\mathcal{L} on XX with associated topological line bundle L=L(R)L=\mathcal{L}(\mathbb{R}), we study the quadratic real cycle class map γ~Rc:CH~c(X,L)Hc(X(R),Z(L))\widetilde{\gamma}_{\mathbb{R}}^c:\widetilde{\mathrm{CH}}^c(X,\mathcal{L})\rightarrow\mathrm{H}^c(X(\mathbb{R}),\mathbb{Z}(L)) from the cc-th Chow-Witt group of XX to the cc-th cohomology group of its real locus X(R)X(\mathbb{R}) with coefficients in the local system Z(L)\mathbb{Z}(L) associated with LL. We focus on the cases c{0,d2,d1,d}c\in\{0,d-2,d-1,d\} where dd is the dimension of XX and we formulate a precise conjecture on the image of γ~R\widetilde{\gamma}_{\mathbb{R}} in terms of the exponents of its cokernel that is corroborated by the results obtained in those codimensions.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.16899,
  title  = {On the image of higher signature maps},
  author = {Samuel Lerbet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16899},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

24 pages. v4: Corrected typo in title, added journal reference (article formerly titled "A real analogue of the Hodge conjecture")