scholarly journals Fundamental groups of open algebraic varieties

Topology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiro Shimada
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donu Arapura ◽  
Alexandru Dimca ◽  
Richard Hain

We show that the fundamental groups of normal complex algebraic varieties share many properties of the fundamental groups of smooth varieties. The jump loci of rank one local systems on a normal variety are related to the jump loci of a resolution and of a smoothing of this variety.


1995 ◽  
Vol 06 (06) ◽  
pp. 921-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
ICHIRO SHIMADA

Let X and Y be the complements of divisors on non-singular irreducible closed subvarieties [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in ℙn, respectively. Suppose that dim X+ dim Y≥n+2. Then, for a general g∈PGL (n+1), the natural homomorphism π1(g(X)∩Y)→π1(Y) induces a surjection from Ker (π1(g(X)∩Y)→π1(g(X))) onto π1(Y), and there is a surjection to its kernel from the cokernel of π2(X)→π2(ℙn). In particular, if E⊂ℙn is a hypersurface and 2·dim [Formula: see text], then [Formula: see text] is isomorphic to π1(ℙn\E) for a general g∈PGL (n+1).


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