Questions tagged [monodromy]
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Some questions about $\ell$-adic monodromy
I'm stucking on the proof of the Lemma 3.12 of A p-adic analogue of Borel’s theorem.
Here $\mathcal A_{g,\mathrm K}$ is just a shimura variety defined over $\mathbb Z_p$, and full level $\ell$ ...
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Etale local systems and proper base change
I am looking for a reference, or a proof, of the following statement:
Let $f:Y\longrightarrow X$ be a smooth proper map of quasiprojective $K$ schemes, and let $\overline{f}:\overline{Y}\...
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Determine monodromy representation from local system
Let $X$ be a path-connected manifold nice enough such it's universal covering
space $p:\widetilde{X} \to X$ exists, $k$ a field. Then there exist a wellknown
correspondence
$$
\{\textit{linear}\text{ ...
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Nearby cycles without a function
Suppose that:
$X$ is a smooth complex algebraic variety,
$f : X \to D$ is a proper map to a small disc, smooth away from 0,
$Z_\epsilon = f^{-1}(\epsilon)$, and $Z = Z_0$.
Then there is a procedure (...
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Steenbrink spectral sequence and modifications of the central fibre
If $f: X \to S$ is a proper map from a complex manifold to a disc, $Y=f^{-1}(0)$ is a divisor with strictly normal crossings and the action of monodromy on $X_t=f^{-1}(t)$ for some (hence any) $t \neq ...
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Which hyperbolic fibered knots have monodromy with a single singularity?
The figure eight-knot has pseudo-Anosov monodromy with no singularity. I have read that the (-2,3,7)-pretzel knot has pseudo-Anosov monodromy with a single 18-prong singularity on the boundary of the ...
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Factorization algebras as factorizable cosheaves on the (extended) Ran Space
A basic fact in the theory of factorization algebras is that, to state it in a rough way, the exit path category of the Ran space of a topological manifold $M$ is equivalent to the category consisting ...
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Fibered knot with periodic homological monodromy
It is well-known that there exist pseudo-Anosov automorphisms of surfaces that act trivially on the homology: they form the Torelli group. Similarly there exists pseudo-Anosov automorphisms that act ...
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A question regarding isomorphism in cohomology for moduli space of stable bundles over a compact Riemann surface
Let $N(n,k)$ denote the moduli space of stable vector bundles of rank $n$ and degree $k$ over a compact Riemann surface $X$, and let $N_0(n,k)$ denote the moduli space where we fix rank $n$ and some ...
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The monodromy in the proof of Little Picard via Klein's $J$
First of all, my question is in the context of formalising proofs in the proof assistant Isabelle/HOL, so my questions are a bit guided by what material we have in the complex analysis library there.
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The Fuchsian monodromy problem
I want to understand the argument being made from equation 6.1 to 6.5 in this paper between pages 27-28
6.2, 6.4 and 6.5 are completely out-of-the-blue to me and I have no clue as to from where they ...
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Intuition for Picard-Lefschetz formula
I'm trying to develop some intuition for the (local) Picard-Lefschetz formula (which I'm encountering for the first time in Deligne's paper "La Conjecture de Weil, I").
To summarize the ...
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A question about $p$-adic monodromy of abelian varieties
Let $S_0$ be a smooth (projective?) and (geometrically) connected scheme over a finite field of characteristic $p$ and let $S$ be its base change to an algebraic closure of the finite field. Let $\pi:...
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Character constructed from Kummer local system lifts to representation of algebraic torus
I'm currently reading Mar's and Springer's Character Sheaves. In Chapter 2 (Kummer local systems on tori), they provide a construction of Kummer local systems on a torus $T$ by way of the $m^{th}$ ...
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Recovering a family of rational functions from branch points
Let $Y$ be a compact Riemann surface and $B$ a finite subset of $Y$. It is a standard fact that isomorphism classes of holomorphic ramified covers $f:X\rightarrow Y$ of degree $d$ with branch points ...
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Thurston universe gates in knots: which invariant is it?
Today I discovered this nice video of a lecture by Thurston:
https://youtu.be/daplYX6Oshc
in which he explains how a knot can be turned into a "fabric for universes". For example, the unknot ...
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Tightness/Overtwistedness of genus one open book decomposition
Suppose we have an open book decomposition $(P,\phi)$ of a 3-manifold $Y$, where $P$ is a punctured torus and $\phi$ is the monodromy. We know $\phi$ can be represented by a matrix in $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})...
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Criterion for triviality of monodromy in smooth families
Let $\pi: X \to \Delta^*$ be a smooth, projective morphism. We know that for each $k$, there is a natural local system $L:=R^k \pi_*\mathbb{C}$. The associated vector bundle $\mathcal{L}:=L \otimes \...
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Abelian variety corresponding to a vector space
I would like to know what the following statement means:
"Let $B_t$ be the Abelian subvariety in $J_t$ corresponding to the $\mathbb{Q}$-vector subspace $H^1(C_t,\mathbb{Q})_{van}$ in the space $...
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Monodromy Representation on $H_1$ of Elliptic Curve
I'm reading this post by Charles Siegel on Monodromy Representations
and there is a construction in example a not unterstand.
We look at the family $y^2z=x(x-z)(x-\lambda z)$ of projective elliptic
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Moduli space of genus $g$ curves ${\mathcal{M}_g}$ irreducible by 'Monodromy argument'
I'm reading this post by Charles Siegel on Monodromy Representations
and there is a short remark on the proof of irreducibility of moduli space of genus $g$ curves ${\mathcal{M}_g}$ :
Just look at ${...
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Computing monodromy groups of curves over function fields
Suppose I consider a hyperelliptic curve given by an equation such as $y^2 = x^{n} + tx + 1$ or some variation on this (where $t$ is a parameter on $\mathbb P^1$ and this curve is really a surface ...
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why is monodromy weight filtration compatible with cup product?
This question is about a statement I took for granted in this question.
If $f: X \to S$ is a moprhism from a complex manifold to a punctured disc then the monodromy operator $T$ is quasi-unipotent, so ...
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Quasi-unipotent monodromy for variation of Landau-Ginzburg cohomology
A pair, $(X,f)$, consisting of a smooth variety and a global function $f:X\rightarrow\mathbb{A}^{1}$ is called a Landau-Ginzburg model, LG-model for short. The LG-cohomology of the pair, dentoed $H(X,...
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Monodromy group of the generic plane curve
Let's work over $\mathbb{C}$. The degree $d$ curves in $\mathbb{P}^2_{\mathbb{C}}$ are parameterized by a projective space $|\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^2}(d)|$. Let $U_d\subset |\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^2}...
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Čech cocycles and monodromy
It is well known that over a topological space $X$ (and choosing an open cover $\mathfrak{U}$) every locally constant Cech cocycle $g$ on $\mathfrak{U}$ with coefficients in a group $G$ yields a $G$-...
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How to compute the cohomology of a local system?
Suppose we have a reasonable topological space $X$ (i.e. a complex algebraic variety or a manifold) whose integral singular cohomology and fundamental group we understand well.
Suppose that we are ...
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Holonomy as a right adjoint, monodromy as a left adjoint
This question about the difference between holonomy and monodromy has an interesting answer by Ronnie Brown.
An excerpt:
So holonomy comes out as a kind of right adjoint, and monodromy as a kind ...
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Questions about modular forms and the role of monodromy
Let $N \geq 3$ and let $\Gamma=\Gamma_1(N)$, so that the moduli problem for elliptic curves with $\Gamma$-structure is fine. Let $Y=Y(\Gamma)$ be the corresponding moduli space.
In this context, one ...
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What is the difference between holonomy and monodromy?
What is the difference between holonomy and monodromy?
And what is the simplest example in which one is trivial and the other is not?
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Definition of geometric monodromy
Consider a polynomial $f
\in \mathbb C[x_1,\dots ,x_n]$. An atypical value of $f$ is a complex number about which $f:\mathbb C^n\to \mathbb C$ is not a topological fiber bundle. Writing $\mathrm{Atyp}(...
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Explicit Riemann Hilbert correspondence
For simplicity, we assume that $X=\mathbb P_{\mathbb C}^1-\{s_1, s_2, \dots, s_k\}$ and $\infty \in X$.
Consider the trivial bundle $E=\mathcal O_X^r$ with the connection $\nabla$ induced by a ...
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Degeneration of smooth curves and Picard-Lefschetz formula
Let $\pi:\mathcal{C} \to \Delta$ be a family of projective curves of genus $g \ge 2$ over the unit disc $\Delta$, smooth over the punctured disc $\Delta\backslash \{0\}$ and central fiber $\pi^{-1}(0)$...
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Monodromy groups of families of abelian varieties: a reference request
In Serre's letter to Vigneras of 2 Oct 1986, he summarizes a course he's giving in Paris, explaining how to control the image of the mod-l Galois representations attached to abelian varieties. In ...
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Transverse $S^1$ actions on mapping tori
Up until now I have thought that the existence of a transverse $\mathbb{S}^1$ action on a symplectic mapping torus implies that the mapping torus is trivial. Unfortunately I also came up with a ...
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Topological cycles with Lagrangian support
For a compact Kähler manifold of dimension $2n$, is there a classification of the homological $n$-cycles which are supported in a compact Lagrangian submanifold?
The main example for this question ...
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The holonomy map associated to a mapping torus
So I have a rather embarrassing problem, which is not really a "problem", so much as a mental block I seem to be unable to overcome. I am trying to understand the "holonomy map" of a mapping torus. To ...
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Frobenius structure for A_n singularities
I need to compute monodromy matrices $M(v)$, associated to a Frobenius structure for $A_n$ singularity with flat coordinates $v_1,\dots,v_n$, that is, $f(x)=x^{n+1}$. (due to Saito, Dubrovin etc.) ...
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Do $\mathbb{A}^1-S$ and $\mathbb{A}^1-\{0,1\}$ have a finite etale cover in common?
We work over the field of complex numbers. (But remarks in characteristic $p$ are very welcome.)
Let $S$ be a finite set of points in $\mathbb{A}^1$ containing $0$ and $1$. [Edit: Assume $S$ contains ...
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Characterization of the hypergeometric function
One of the definition of the hypergeometric function $_2 F_1$ rely only on its global properties around the singularities (and not on a differential equation or a serie expansion)
In modern language (...
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How can I describe the monodromy of this variation of singular curves?
Consider the family of singular hyperelliptic curves
$$
y^2 - x(x-1)^2(x-2)(x-3)(x-4)(x-t)
$$
over $\mathbb{A}^1_t$. Over a generic point the fiber is a genus three curve where one of the genera comes ...
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Multivalued functions with three independent branches
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $f: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a multivalued function, analytic everywhere except for branch points at $0$, $1$ and $\infty$. Around one of those ...
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How can I determine the monodromy of this variation of mixed hodge structures?
Consider the variation of mixed hodge structures which generates at the origin:
$$
f:X = \text{Proj}\left( \frac{\mathbb{C}[t][x,y,z]}{(xy(x + y + tz))} \right) \to \mathbb{A}^1_t
$$
How can I compute ...
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Monodromy representations are "quasi-unipotent"
Let $S$ be a smooth complex algebraic variety, let $b$ be a closed point of $X$, and let $f:X\to S$ be a polarized family of smooth projective varieties over $S$. This induces a monodromy ...
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What is the mod l monodromy of a generic trigonal curve?
For a hyperelliptic curve H, the mod 2 monodromy is smaller than $GSp_{2g}(F_2)$ -- since the two torsion of the Jacobian H is generated by differences of Weierstrass point, the monodromy of a generic ...
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Action of the monodromy on the cycle made of the real points
Let $f : \Bbb C^n \to \Bbb C$ be a polynomial function with real coefficients.
Let $X_t = f^{-1}(t)$ denote the fiber above some $t \in \Bbb C$. Let assume that the set of real points of $X_t$, for $t ...
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Can monodromy be described by the same matrix for chosen generators in case of the same singularity type?
Let $X$ be a surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$. We have a fibration $f: X \longrightarrow \mathbb{P}^1$, and $f^{-1}(s_1)$ and $f^{-1}(s_2)$ have the same singularity type. Let $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$ be ...
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Reference request: monodromy and isomorphic projections
I am looking for a reference to the following fact: monodromy group acting on the cohomology of smooth hyperplane sections of a smooth projective variety $X$ over $\mathbb C$ is preserved under ...
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Reference result: proof of theorem of Kazhdan-Margulis on monodromy group of a Lefschetz pencil of odd fiber dimenion is "as big as possible"
In Deligne's paper on his first proof of the Weil conjectures, we have the following result.
Theorem 5.10 (Kazhdan-Margulis). L'image de $\rho: \pi_1(U, u) \to \text{Sp}(E/(E \cap E^\perp), \psi)$ ...
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What are examples of D-modules that I should have in mind while learning the theory?
I've been reading about D-modules this summer in preparation for a learning seminar on intersection cohomology. Unfortunately, many of the ideas are not sticking while I learn about the theory. What ...