Mixed Hodge complexes on algebraic varieties

Using the theory of mixed Hodge Modules, we introduce the notion of mixed Hodge complex on an algebraic variety, and establish the relation between the filtered complex of Du Bois and the corresponding complex of mixed Hodge Modules. Some application to the Du Bois singularity is given. Received: 20 February 1999     

Hodge genera of algebraic varieties I

The aim of this paper is to study the behavior of Hodge‐theoretic (intersection homology) genera and their associated characteristic classes under proper morphisms of complex algebraic varieties. We obtain formulae that relate (parametrized families of) global invariants of a complex algebraic variety X to such invariants of singularities of proper algebraic maps defined on X. Such formulae severely constrain, both topologically and analytically, the singularities of complex maps, even between smooth varieties. Similar results were announced by the first and third author in [13, 32]. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Schubert varieties as variations of Hodge structure

We (1) characterize the Schubert varieties that arise as variations of Hodge structure (VHS); (2) show that the isotropy orbits of the infinitesimal Schubert VHS ‘span’ the space of all infinitesimal VHS; and (3) show that the cohomology classes dual to the Schubert VHS form a basis of the invariant characteristic cohomology associated with the infinitesimal period relation (a.k.a. Griffiths’ transversality).     

Hodge genera of algebraic varieties, II

We study the behavior of Hodge-genera under algebraic maps. We prove that the motivic ${\chi^c_y}$ -genus satisfies the “stratified multiplicative property”, which shows how to compute the invariant of the source of a morphism from its values on varieties arising from the singularities of the map. By considering morphisms to a curve, we obtain a Hodge-theoretic version of the Riemann–Hurwitz formula. We also study the monodromy contributions to the ${\chi_y}$ -genus of a family of compact complex manifolds, and prove an Atiyah–Meyer type formula in the algebraic and analytic contexts. This formula measures the deviation from multiplicativity of the ${\chi_y}$ -genus, and expresses the correction terms as higher-genera associated to the period map; these higher-genera are Hodge-theoretic extensions of Novikov higher-signatures to analytic and algebraic settings. Characteristic class formulae of Atiyah–Meyer type are also obtained by making use of Saito’s theory of mixed Hodge modules.     

The Hodge conjecture for certain moduli varieties

For smooth projective varietiesX over ℂ, the Hodge Conjecture states that every rational Cohomology class of type (p, p) comes from an algebraic cycle. In this paper, we prove the Hodge conjecture for some moduli spaces of vector bundles on compact Riemann surfaces of genus 2 and 3.     

Abelian varieties and the general Hodge conjecture

We investigate the relationship between the usual and general Hodgeconjectures for abelian varieties. For certain abelian varieties A, weshow that the usual Hodge conjecture for all powers of A implies thegeneral Hodge conjecture for A.     

Hodge structures on abelian varieties of type IV

Let A be a general member of a PEL-family of abelian varieties with endomorphisms by an imaginary quadratic number field k, and let E be an elliptic curve with complex multiplications by k. We show that the usual Hodge conjecture for products of A with powers of E implies the general Hodge conjecture for all powers of A. We deduce the general Hodge conjecture for all powers of certain 5-dimensional abelian varieties. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): Primary 14C30, 14K20.Research supported in part by a Research and Creative Activity Award for Summer 2001 from East Carolina University.     

Hodge polynomials of the moduli spaces of rank 3 pairs

Let X be a smooth projective curve of genus g ≥ 2 over the complex numbers. A holomorphic triple on X consists of two holomorphic vector bundles E ₁ and E ₂ over X and a holomorphic map . There is a concept of stability for triples which depends on a real parameter σ. In this paper, we determine the Hodge polynomials of the moduli spaces of σ-stable triples with rk(E ₁) = 3, rk(E ₂) = 1, using the theory of mixed Hodge structures. This gives in particular the Poincaré polynomials of these moduli spaces. As a byproduct, we recover the Hodge polynomial of the moduli space of odd degree rank 3 stable vector bundles.      

Logarithmic Hodge–Witt sheaves on normal crossing varieties

In this paper, we define two kinds (homological and cohomological) of étale logarithmic Hodge–Witt sheaves on normal crossing varieties over a perfect field of positive characteristic, and discuss some fundamental properties, in particular puity and duality.     

Some remarks on the Hodge conjecture for abelian varieties

We show how the classical Hodge conjecture for the middle cohomology of an abelian variety is equivalent to the general Hodge conjecture for the middle cohomology of a smooth ample divisor in the abelian variety. This is best suited to abelian varieties with actions of imaginary quadratic fields.     

Schubert polynomials and Bott-Samelson varieties

Schubert polynomials generalize Schur polynomials, but it is not clear how to generalize several classical formulas: the Weyl character formula, the Demazure character formula, and the generating series of semistandard tableaux. We produce these missing formulas and obtain several surprising expressions for Schubert polynomials.?The above results arise naturally from a new geometric model of Schubert polynomials in terms of Bott-Samelson varieties. Our analysis includes a new, explicit construction for a Bott-Samelson variety Z as the closure of a B-orbit in a product of flag varieties. This construction works for an arbitrary reductive group G, and for G = GL(n) it realizes Z as the representations of a certain partially ordered set.?This poset unifies several well-known combinatorial structures: generalized Young diagrams with their associated Schur modules; reduced decompositions of permutations; and the chamber sets of Berenstein-Fomin-Zelevinsky, which are crucial in the combinatorics of canonical bases and matrix factorizations. On the other hand, our embedding of Z gives an elementary construction of its coordinate ring, and allows us to specify a basis indexed by tableaux. Received: November 27, 1997