The monodromy theorem for compact Kähler manifolds and smooth quasi-projective varieties

Abstract

Given any connected topological space $X$, assume that there exists an epimorphism $\varphi :{\pi }_1(X)\to \mathbb{Z}$. The deck transformation group $\mathbb{Z}$ acts on the associated infinite cyclic cover $X^{\varphi }$ of $X$, hence on the homology group $H_i(X^{\varphi },\mathbb{C})$. This action induces a linear automorphism on the torsion part of the homology group as a module over the Laurent ring $\mathbb{C}[t,t^{-1}]$, which is a finite dimensional $\mathbb{C}$-vector space. We study the sizes of the Jordan blocks of this linear automorphism. When $X$ is a compact Kähler manifold, we show that all the Jordan blocks are of size one. When $X$ is a smooth complex quasi-projective variety, we give an upper bound on the sizes of the Jordan blocks, which is an analogue of the Monodromy Theorem for the local Milnor fibration.

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