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Timeline for Topology of Lefschetz pencil

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Apr 11, 2023 at 17:49 comment added Jason Starr If you allow $X$ to be singular, then there exists a pair of families that have $X_t$ the same for all $t\neq 0$, but where $X_0$ is either a cuspidal rational curve (thus simply connected) or a smooth elliptic curve (not simply connected).
Apr 11, 2023 at 17:15 comment added Ben C I do mean for $f$ to be proper and flat. @Angelo I was worried this might not be true if $X$ is not smooth. Is it still true?
Apr 11, 2023 at 17:14 history edited Ben C CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 11, 2023 at 14:18 comment added Jason Starr @Angelo The OP should specify that $X$ is smooth and $f$ is proper, otherwise there are silly counterexamples.
Apr 11, 2023 at 10:20 comment added Angelo $X$ is homotopy equivalent to $X_0$. See for example mathoverflow.net/questions/264940/…
Apr 11, 2023 at 9:10 history asked Ben C CC BY-SA 4.0