Intersection Cohomology, Monodromy, and the Milnor Fiber

dc.creatorMassey, David B.
dc.date2004-04-18
dc.date2005-01-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:07:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:07:31Z
dc.descriptionWe say that a complex analytic space, $X$, is an intersection cohomology manifold if and only if the shifted constant sheaf on $X$ is isomorphic to intersection cohomology; this is quickly seen to be equivalent to $X$ being a homology manifold. Given an analytic function $f$ on an intersection cohomology manifold, we describe a simple relation between $V(f)$ being an intersection cohomology manifold and the vanishing cycle Milnor monodromy of $f$. We then describe how the Sebastiani-Thom isomorphism allows us to easily produce intersection cohomology manifolds with arbitrary singular sets. Finally, as an easy application, we obtain restrictions on the cohomology of the Milnor fiber of a hypersurface with a special type of one-dimensional critical locus.
dc.description15 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404312
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404312
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/70885
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject32B15, 32C35, 32C18, 32B10
dc.titleIntersection Cohomology, Monodromy, and the Milnor Fiber
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