Geometric structures on the complement of a projective arrangement

dc.creatorCouwenberg, Wim
dc.creatorHeckman, Gert
dc.creatorLooijenga, Eduard
dc.date2003-11-24
dc.date2004-04-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:03:11Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:03:11Z
dc.descriptionConsider a complex projective space with its Fubini-Study metric. We study certain one parameter deformations of this metric on the complement of an arrangement (=a finite union of hyperplanes) whose Levi-Civita connection is of Dunkl type--interesting examples are obtained from the arrangements defined by finite complex reflection groups. We determine a parameter interval for which the metric is locally of Fubini-Study type, flat, or complex-hyperbolic. We find a finite subset of this interval for which we get a complete orbifold or at least a Zariski open subset thereof, and we analyze these cases in some detail (e.g., we determine their orbifold fundamental group). In this set-up, the principal results of Deligne-Mostow on the Lauricella hypergeometric differential equation and work of Barthel-Hirzebruch-Hoefer on arrangements in a projective plane appear as special cases. Along the way we produce in a geometric manner all the pairs of complex reflection groups with isomorphic discriminants, thus providing a uniform approach to work of Orlik-Solomon.
dc.description70 pages, v2: We give a better (sharper) formulation of the main result and added some references
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311404
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311404
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/69313
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectComplex Variables
dc.subject33C67, 33D80
dc.titleGeometric structures on the complement of a projective arrangement
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