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On the specialization to the asymptotic cone

arXiv:math/9805031

Abstract

Let X be a smooth, connected, closed subvariety of a complex vector space V. The asymptotic cone as(X) is naturally equipped with a nearby cycles sheaf P coming from the specialization of X to as(X). We show that if X is transverse to infinity in a suitable sense, then the Fourier transform of P is an intersection homology sheaf.

17 pages, 2 figures, AMSLaTeX. At the moment, there is some overlap between this paper and math.AG/9802042

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