English

Characteristic cycle and wild Lefschetz theorems

Algebraic Geometry 2025-06-17 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

By relying on a new approach to Lefschetz type questions based on Beilinson's singular support and Saito's characteristic cycle, we prove an instance of the wild Lefschetz theorem envisioned by Deligne. Our main tool are new finiteness results for the characteristic cycles of perverse sheaves.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2502.11064,
  title  = {Characteristic cycle and wild Lefschetz theorems},
  author = {Haoyu Hu and Jean-Baptiste Teyssier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.11064},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Hyperplane case written in a separate section from the higher codimension case. Wild Lefschetz restricted to finite coefficients due to an inaccuracy in [ES21]. See https://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/esnault/preprints/helene/138b_small_erratum.pdf for a correction. Comments are welcome

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