GASC Seminar

 
The Noether-Lefschetz locus and Nori's connectivity theorem

 

Ania Otwinowska

Université Paris Sud
 
 

Northeastern University

Monday, December 1, 2003


 

Talk at 1:30 p.m. in 509 Lake Hall


 

Abstract:   Let Y be a projective complex variety endowed with an ample line bundle L. The Noether-Lefschetz locus NL is the subset of |L| parametrising smooth hypersurfaces of Y which vanishing cohomology has a non-zero Hodge class. First, I will give an explicit asymptotic description of the components of small codimension of NL for L sufficiently ample and will show that for these components the Hodge class is in the image of the cycle map, as predicted by the Hodge Conjecture. Next, I will explain a (partly conjectural) generalization of this result and its links with Nori's connectivity theorem. I will also give an explicit asymptotic bound for Nori's theorem to hold and will give examples showing that this bound is optimal.



Here are some directions to Northeastern University. Lake Hall can be best accessed from the entrance on the corner of Greenleaf Street and Leon Street.



GASC Seminar Home Page Posted: November 16, 2003.   Comments to:  a.suciu@neu.edu  
Web page:  Alexandru I. Suciu  URL: http://www.math.neu.edu/gasc/abs/otwinowska03.html