2013/02/25 by Osamu Fujino, Fujino, Osamu, Taro Fujisawa +3 · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #FOS: Mathematics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1302.6180
openalex publication_date 2013/02/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We show that the dualizing sheaves of reduced simple normal crossings pairs have a canonical weight filtration in a compatible way with the one on the corresponding mixed Hodge modules by calculating the extension classes between the dualizing sheaves of smooth varieties. Using the weight spectral sequence of mixed Hodge modules, we then reduce the semi-positivity theorem for the higher direct images of dualizing sheaves to the smooth case where the assertion is well known. This may be used to simplify some constructions in a recent paper of Y. Kawamata. We also give a simple proof of the semi-positivity theorem for admissible variations of mixed Hodge structure in [FF] by using the theories of Cattani, Kaplan, Schmid, Steenbrink, and Zucker. This generalizes Kawamata's classical result in the pure case.