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Regulators of canonical extensions are torsion: the smooth divisor case

Algebraic Geometry 2007-07-04 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we prove a generalization of Reznikov's theorem which says that the Chern-Simons classes and in particular the Deligne Chern classes (in degrees >1>1) are torsion, of a flat bundle on a smooth complex projective variety. We consider the case of a smooth quasi--projective variety with an irreducible smooth divisor at infinity. We define the Chern-Simons classes of Deligne's canonical extension of a flat vector bundle with unipotent monodromy at infinity, which lift the Deligne Chern classes and prove that these classes are torsion.

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@article{arxiv.0707.0372,
  title  = {Regulators of canonical extensions are torsion: the smooth divisor case},
  author = {Jaya N. Iyer and Carlos T. Simpson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0372},
  year   = {2007}
}