Search results for "Hodge structure"

Special Families of Curves, of Abelian Varieties, and of Certain Minimal Manifolds over Curves

2006

This survey article discusses some results on the structure of families f:V-->U of n-dimensional manifolds over quasi-projective curves U, with semistable reduction over a compactification Y of U. We improve the Arakelov inequality for the direct images of powers of the dualizing sheaf. For families of Abelian varieties we recall the characterization of Shimura curves by Arakelov equalities. For families of curves we recall the characterization of Teichmueller curves in terms of the existence of certain sub variation of Hodge structures. We sketch the proof that the moduli scheme of curves of genus g>1 can not contain compact Shimura curves, and that it only contains a non-compact Shimura c…

Hodge Numbers for the Cohomology of Calabi-Yau Type Local Systems

2014

We determine the Hodge numbers of the cohomology group \(H_{L^{2}}^{1}(S, \mathbb{V}) = H^{1}(\bar{S},j_{{\ast}}\mathbb{V})\) using Higgs cohomology, where the local system \(\mathbb{V}\) is induced by a family of Calabi-Yau threefolds over a smooth, quasi-projective curve S. This generalizes previous work to the case of quasi-unipotent, but not necessarily unipotent, local monodromies at infinity. We give applications to Rohde’s families of Calabi-Yau 3-folds.

Miscellaneous Periods: An Outlook

2017

In this chapter, we collect several other important examples of periods in the literature for the convenience of the reader.

Formal Periods and the Period Conjecture

2017

Following Kontsevich (see Kontsevich in Operads and motives in deformation quantization. Lett. Math. Phys. 48(1):35–72, 1999), we now introduce another algebra \(\tilde{\mathbb {P}}(k)\) of formal periods from the same data we have used in order to define the actual period algebra of a field in Chap. 11. The main aim of this chapter is to give conceptual interpretation of this algebra of formal periods. We then use it to formulate and discuss the period conjecture.

On Hodge theory for the generalized geometry (I)

2013

Abstract We first investigate the linear Dirac structure from the viewpoint of a mixed Hodge structure. Then we discuss a Hodge-decomposition-type theorem for the generalized Kahler manifold and study the moduli space of a generalized weak Calabi–Yau manifold. We present a holomorphic anomaly equation and a one-loop partition function in a topological B-model under the generalized geometric context.

A second-order differential equation for the two-loop sunrise graph with arbitrary masses

2011

We derive a second-order differential equation for the two-loop sunrise graph in two dimensions with arbitrary masses. The differential equation is obtained by viewing the Feynman integral as a period of a variation of a mixed Hodge structure, where the variation is with respect to the external momentum squared. The fibre is the complement of an elliptic curve. From the fact that the first cohomology group of this elliptic curve is two-dimensional we obtain a second-order differential equation. This is an improvement compared to the usual way of deriving differential equations: Integration-by-parts identities lead only to a coupled system of four first-order differential equations.

An Introduction to Hodge Structures

2015

We begin by introducing the concept of a Hodge structure and give some of its basic properties, including the Hodge and Lefschetz decompositions. We then define the period map, which relates families of Kahler manifolds to the families of Hodge structures defined on their cohomology, and discuss its properties. This will lead us to the more general definition of a variation of Hodge structure and the Gauss-Manin connection. We then review the basics about mixed Hodge structures with a view towards degenerations of Hodge structures; including the canonical extension of a vector bundle with connection, Schmid’s limiting mixed Hodge structure and Steenbrink’s work in the geometric setting. Fin…

Categories of (Mixed) Motives

2017

Hodge Theory and Algebraic Cycles

2006

Algebraic cycles and Hodge theory, in particular Chow groups, Deligne cohomology and the study of cycle class maps were some of the themes of the Schwerpunkt ”Globale Methoden in der Komplexen Geometrie”. In this survey we report about several projects around the structure of (higher) Chow groups CH(X,n) [3] which the author has studied with his coauthors during this time by using different methods. In my opinion there are two interesting view points: first the internal structure of higher Chow groups, i.e., the existence of interesting elements and nontriviality of parts of their Bloch-Beilinson filtrations. This case has arithmetic and geometric features, and the groups in question show d…

Multiple Zeta Values

2017

We study in some detail the very important class of periods called multiple zeta values (MZV). These are periods of mixed Tate motives, which we discussed in Sect. 6.4. Multiple zeta values are in fact periods of unramified mixed Tate motives, a full subcategory of all mixed Tate motives.