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Q-factoriality and Hodge-Du Bois theory

Algebraic Geometry 2025-08-26 v1

Abstract

We prove Hodge-theoretic formulas for the Q\mathbb{Q}-factoriality defect of a normal projective variety, and for the local analytic Q\mathbb{Q}-factoriality defect of an analytic germ of a normal variety. These formulas lead to consequences ranging from a local analytic version of Samuel's conjecture to a characterization of projective rational homology threefolds with rational singularities, or the invariance of Hodge-Du Bois numbers under flops of projective threefolds.

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@article{arxiv.2508.17748,
  title  = {Q-factoriality and Hodge-Du Bois theory},
  author = {Sung Gi Park and Mihnea Popa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.17748},
  year   = {2025}
}

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34 pages. Second part of a two-paper replacement of arXiv:2410.15638, on the (local, analytic) Q-factoriality defect via Hodge theory