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What is the total Betti number of a random real hypersurface?

Algebraic Geometry 2011-07-13 v1

Abstract

We bound from above the expected total Betti number of a high degree random real hypersurface in a smooth real projective manifold. This upper bound is deduced from the equirepartition of critical points of a real Lefschetz pencil restricted to the complex domain of such a random hypersurface, equirepartition which we first establish. Our proofs involve H\"ormander's theory of peak sections as well as the formula of Poincar\'e-Martinelli.

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@article{arxiv.1107.2288,
  title  = {What is the total Betti number of a random real hypersurface?},
  author = {Damien Gayet and Jean-Yves Welschinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2288},
  year   = {2011}
}