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On the $K(\pi, 1)$-problem for restrictions of complex reflection arrangements

Algebraic Topology 2020-02-19 v4 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

Let WGL(V)W\subset GL(V) be a complex reflection group, and A(W){\mathscr A}(W) the set of the mirrors of the complex reflections in WW. It is known that the complement X(A(W))X({\mathscr A}(W)) of the reflection arrangement A(W){\mathscr A}(W) is a K(π,1)K(\pi,1) space. For YY an intersection of hyperplanes in A(W)\mathscr A(W), let X(A(W)Y)X(\mathscr A(W)^Y) be the complement in YY of the hyperplanes in A(W)\mathscr A(W) not containing YY. We hope that X(A(W)Y)X(\mathscr A(W)^Y) is always a K(π,1)K(\pi,1). We prove it in case of the monomial groups W=G(r,p,)W = G(r,p,\ell). Using known results, we then show that there remain only three irreducible complex reflection groups, leading to just eight such induced arrangements for which this K(π,1)K(\pi,1) property remains to be proved.

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@article{arxiv.1708.05452,
  title  = {On the $K(\pi, 1)$-problem for restrictions of complex reflection arrangements},
  author = {Nils Amend and Pierre Deligne and Gerhard Roehrle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05452},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

20 pages; v2: small changes and further references added, in particular [AMR18], where examples of K(pi,1) arrangements are exhibited which admit restrictions that are not K(pi,1); v3 author added, completely revised, alternate geometric proof of main theorem, 11 pages; v4 minor changes, final version to appear in Compositio Math