2007/01/21 by Anatoly Libgober, Libgober, A.
Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #FOS: Mathematics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0701597
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We show that closures of families of unitary local systems on quasiprojective varieties for which the dimension of a graded component of Hodge filtration has a constant value can be identified with a finite union of polytopes. We also present a local version of the theorem. This yields the "Hodge decomposition" of the set of unitary local systems with a non-vanishing cohomology extending Hodge decomposition of characteristic varieties of links of plane curves studied by the author earlier. We consider a twisted version of the characteristic varieties generalizing the twisted Alexander polynomials. Several explicit calculations for complements to arrangements are made.