Monodromy at Infinity and the Weights of Cohomology

We show that for a polynomial map, the size of the Jordan blocks for the eigenvalue 1 of the monodromy at infinity is bounded by the multiplicity of the reduced divisor at infinity of a good compactification of a general fiber. The existence of such Jordan blocks is related to global invariant cycles of the graded pieces of the weight filtration. These imply some applications to period integrals. We also show that such a Jordan block of size greater than 1 for the graded pieces of the weight filtration is the restriction of a strictly larger Jordan block for the total cohomology group. If there are no singularities at infinity, we have a more precise statement on the monodromy.     

On Balance for Relative Homology

The Hodge spectrum is an important analytic invariant of singularities encoding the Hodge filtration and the monodromy of the Milnor fiber. However, explicit formulas exist in only a few cases. In this article, the main result is a combinatorial formula for the Hodge spectrum of any homogeneous polynomials in three variables whose zero locus is a projective curve arrangement having only ordinary multiple points.     

A simple proof of the geometric fractional monodromy theorem

A simple proof of the “geometric fractional monodromy theorem” (Broer-Efstathiou-Lukina 2010) is presented. The fractional monodromy of a Liouville integrable Hamiltonian system over a loop γ ? ?² is a generalization of the classic monodromy to the case when the Liouville foliation has singularities over γ. The “geometric fractional monodromy theorem” finds, up to an integral parameter, the fractional monodromy of systems similar to the 1: (?2) resonance system. A handy equivalent definition of fractional monodromy is presented in terms of homology groups for our proof.     

On Hodge spectrum and multiplier ideals

We describe a relation between two invariants which measure the complexity of a hypersurface singularity. One is the Hodge spectrum which is related to the monodromy and the Hodge filtration on the cohomology of the Milnor fiber. The other is the multiplier ideal, having to do with log resolutions. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):14B05, 32S35     

Fractional Hamiltonian Monodromy

We introduce fractional monodromy in order to characterize certain non-isolated critical values of the energy–momentum map of integrable Hamiltonian dynamical systems represented by nonlinear resonant two-dimensional oscillators. We give the formal mathematical definition of fractional monodromy, which is a generalization of the definition of monodromy used by other authors before. We prove that the 1:( − 2) resonant oscillator system has monodromy matrix with half-integer coefficients and discuss manifestations of this monodromy in quantum systems. Communicated by Eduard Zehnder Submitted: February 25, 2005; Accepted: November 17, 2005     

Group-groupoids and monodromy groupoids

This paper gives an introduction to some results on monodromy groupoids and the monodromy principle, and then develops the notion of monodromy groupoid for group groupoids.     

Density of monodromy actions on non-abelian cohomology

In this paper we study the monodromy action on the first Betti and de Rham non-Abelian cohomology arising from a family of smooth curves. We describe sufficient conditions for the existence of a Zariski-dense monodromy orbit. In particular, we show that for a Lefschetz pencil of sufficiently high degree the monodromy action is dense.     

Fuzzy Fractional Monodromy and the Section–Hyperboloid

A theorem about the matrix of fractional monodromy will be formulated. The monodromy corresponds to going around a fiber with a singular point of oscillator type with arbitrary resonance. The reason of fractional monodromy and fuzziness of such a monodromy is explained. Some ideas for the proof of the theorem are given. A few remarks about the semi-global structure of singular lagrangian fibration are made. Lecture held in the Seminario Matematico e Fisico di Milano on November 8, 2004 Received: June 2007     

Recent advances in the monodromy theory of integrable Hamiltonian systems

The notion of monodromy was introduced by J.J. Duistermaat as the first obstruction to the existence of global action coordinates in integrable Hamiltonian systems. This invariant was extensively studied since then and was shown to be non-trivial in various concrete examples of finite-dimensional integrable systems. The goal of the present paper is to give a brief overview of monodromy and discuss some of its generalizations. In particular, we will discuss the monodromy around a focus–focus singularity and the notions of quantum, fractional and scattering monodromy. The exposition will be complemented with a number of examples and open problems.     

On monodromies of a degeneration of irreducible symplectic Kähler manifolds

We study the monodromy operators on the Betti cohomologies associated to a good degeneration of irreducible symplectic manifold and we show that the unipotency of the monodromy operator on the middle cohomology is at least the half of the dimension. This implies that the “mildest” singular fiber of a good degeneration with non-trivial monodromy of irreducible symplectic manifolds is quite different from the generic degeneration of abelian varieties or Calabi–Yau manifolds.     

J-inner matrix functions, interpolation and inverse problems for canonical systems, III: More on the inverse monodromy problem

This paper is a continuation of our study of the inverse monodromy problem for canonical systems of integral and differential equations which appeared in a recent issue of this journal. That paper established a parametrization of the set of all solutions to the inverse monodromy for canonical integral systems in terms of two continuous chains of matrix valued inner functions in the special case that the monodromy matrix was strongly regular (and the signature matrixJ was not definite). The correspondence between the chains and the solutions of this monodromy problem is one to one and onto. In this paper we study the solutions of this inverse problem for several different classes of chains which are specified by imposing assorted growth conditions and symmetries on the monodromy matrix and/or the matrizant (i.e., the fundamental solution) of the underlying equation. These external conditions serve to either fix or limit the class of admissible chains without computing them explicitly. This is useful because typically the chains are not easily accessible.     

Motivic zeta functions of abelian varieties, and the monodromy conjecture

We prove for abelian varieties a global form of Denef and Loeser?s motivic monodromy conjecture, in arbitrary characteristic. More precisely, we prove that for every tamely ramified abelian variety A over a complete discretely valued field with algebraically closed residue field, its motivic zeta function has a unique pole at Chai?s base change conductor c(A) of A, and that the order of this pole equals one plus the potential toric rank of A. Moreover, we show that for every embedding of Q? in C, the value exp(2πic(A)) is an ?-adic tame monodromy eigenvalue of A. The main tool in the paper is Edixhoven?s filtration on the special fiber of the Néron model of A, which measures the behavior of the Néron model under tame base change.     

Cubic and Quartic Transformations of the Sixth Painlevé Equation in Terms of Riemann–Hilbert Correspondence

The starting point of this paper is a classification of quadratic polynomial transformations of the monodromy manifold for the 2 × 2 isomonodromic Fuchsian systems associated to the Painlevé VI equation. Up to birational automorphisms of the monodromy manifold, we find three transformations. Two of them are identified as the action of known quadratic or quartic transformations of the Painlevé VI equation. The third transformation of the monodromy manifold gives a new transformation of degree 3 of Picard’s solutions of Painlevé VI.     

Hyperbolicity of periodic solutions of functional differential equations with several delays

We study conditions for the hyperbolicity of periodic solutions to nonlinear functional differential equations in terms of the eigenvalues of the monodromy operator. The eigenvalue problem for the monodromy operator is reduced to a boundary value problem for a system of ordinary differential equations with a spectral parameter. This makes it possible to construct a characteristic function. We prove that the zeros of this function coincide with the eigenvalues of the monodromy operator and, under certain additional conditions, the multiplicity of a zero of the characteristic function coincides with the algebraic multiplicity of the corresponding eigenvalue.     

Analytic methods in quantum computing

Here we consider a model of quantum computation, based on the monodromy representation of a Fuchsian system. The rôle of local and entangling operators in monodromic quantum computing is played by monodromy matrices of connections with logarithmic singularities acting on the fiber of a holomorphic vector bundle as on the space of qubits. The leading theme is the problem of constructing a set of universal gates as monodromy operators induced from a connection with logarithmic singularity. In the formal scheme developed by us, already known models — topological and holonomic — can be incorporated.     

Scattering monodromy and the A 1 singularity

We present the notion of scattering monodromy for a two degree of freedom hyperbolic oscillator and apply this idea to determine the Picard-Lefschetz monodromy of the isolated singular point of a quadratic function of two complex variables.      

The essential spectrum of periodically stationary pulses in lumped models of short-pulse fiber lasers

In modern short-pulse fiber lasers, there is significant pulse breathing over each round trip of the laser loop. Consequently, averaged models cannot be used for quantitative modeling and design. Instead, lumped models, which are obtained by concatenating models for the various components of the laser, are required. As the pulses in lumped models are periodic rather than stationary, their linear stability is evaluated with the aid of the monodromy operator obtained by linearizing the round-trip operator about the periodic pulse. Conditions are given on the smoothness and decay of the periodic pulse that ensure that the monodromy operator exists on an appropriate Lebesgue function space. A formula for the essential spectrum of the monodromy operator is given, which can be used to quantify the growth rate of continuous wave perturbations. This formula is established by showing that the essential spectrum of the monodromy operator equals that of an associated asymptotic operator. Since the asymptotic monodromy operator acts as a multiplication operator in the Fourier domain, it is possible to derive a formula for its spectrum. Although the main results are stated for a particular experimental stretched pulse laser, the analysis shows that they can be readily adapted to a wide range of lumped laser models.     

The motivic real Milnor fibres

Given a polynomial with real coefficients, we produce a motivic analog of a simple identity that relates the complex conjugation and the monodromy of the Milnor fibre of its complexification. To that purpose, we introduce motivic zeta functions that take into account complex conjugation and monodromy.