Parity and symmetry in intersection and ordinary cohomology

Autor: Sun, Shenghao, Zheng, Weizhe
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Algebra & Number Theory 10 (2016), no. 2, pp. 235-307
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.2140/ant.2016.10.235
Popis: In this paper, we show that the Galois representations provided by $\ell$-adic cohomology of proper smooth varieties, and more generally by $\ell$-adic intersection cohomology of proper varieties, over any field, are orthogonal or symplectic according to the degree. We deduce this from a preservation result of orthogonal and symplectic pure perverse sheaves by proper direct image. We show moreover that the subgroup of the Grothendieck group generated by orthogonal pure perverse sheaves of even weights and symplectic pure perverse sheaves of odd weights are preserved by Grothendieck's six operations. Over a finite field, we deduce parity and symmetry results for Jordan blocks appearing in the Frobenius action on intersection cohomology of proper varieties, and virtual parity results for the Frobenius action on ordinary cohomology of arbitrary varieties.
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Databáze: arXiv