Abstract
AbstractIn this paper, we study the cohomology of semisimple local systems in the spirit of classical Hodge theory. On the one hand, we construct a generalized Weil operator from the complex conjugate of the cohomology of a semisimple local system to the cohomology of its dual local system, which is functorial with respect to smooth restrictions. This operator allows us to study the Poincaré pairing, usually not positive definite, in terms of a positive definite Hermitian pairing. On the other hand, we prove a global invariant cycle theorem for semisimple local systems. As an application, we give a new proof of Sabbah’s Decomposition Theorem for the direct images of semisimple local systems under proper algebraic maps, by adapting the method of de Cataldo-Migliorini, without using the category of polarizable twistor $${\mathscr {D}}$$
D
-modules. This answers a question of Sabbah.
Funder
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Mathematics
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