Supersolutions

We develop classical globally supersymmetric theories. As much as possible, we treat various dimensions and various amounts of supersymmetry in a uniform manner. We discuss theories both in components and in superspace. Throughout we emphasize geometric aspects. The beginning chapters give a general discussion about supersymmetric field theories; then we move on to detailed computations of lagrangians, etc. in specific theories. An appendix details our sign conventions. This text will appear in a two-volume work "Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course for Mathematicians" to be published soon by the American Mathematical Society. Some of the cross-references may be found at http://www.math.ias.edu/~drm/QFT/Comment: 130 pages, AMSTe

On the Locus of Hodge Classes

Let $f: X \rightarrow S$ be a family of non singular projective varieties parametrized by a complex algebraic variety $S$. Fix $s \in S$, an integer $p$, and a class $h \in {\rm H}^{2p}(X_s,\Z)$ of Hodge type $(p,p)$. We show that the locus, on $S$, where $h$ remains of type $(p,p)$ is algebraic. This result, which in the geometric case would follow from the rational Hodge conjecture, is obtained in the setting of variations of Hodge structures.Comment: 25 pages, Plain Te

The Irreducibility of the Space of Curves of Given Genus

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Le critère d’Abel pour la résolubilité par radicaux d’une équation irréductible de degré premier

In his last letter to Crelle, Abel states a criterion for the solvability by radicals of an irreducible equation of prime degree. Sylow finds Abel’s statement ambiguous, and writes that it should be modified. We show the correctness of Abel’s original statement

On the K(π,1)-problem for restrictions of complex reflection arrangements

Let W⊂GL(V) be a complex reflection group and A(W) the set of the mirrors of the complex reflections in W. It is known that the complement X(A(W)) of the reflection arrangement A(W) is a K(π,1) space. For Y an intersection of hyperplanes in A(W), let X(A(W)Y) be the complement in Y of the hyperplanes in A(W) not containing Y. We hope that X(A(W)Y) is always a K(π,1). We prove it in case of the monomial groups W=G(r,p,ℓ). Using known results, we then show that there remain only three irreducible complex reflection groups, leading to just eight such induced arrangements for which this K(π,1) property remains to be proved