arXiv · 2609.10946
Perverse Euler Characteristics of Hermitian Locally Symmetric Spaces
Abstract
We prove that finite-volume locally Hermitian symmetric spaces of noncompact type have nonnegative perverse Euler characteristics. To show this, we obtain a nefness result for the logarithmic cotangent bundle of a smooth toroidal compactification. Combining this with a positivity criterion for Euler characteristics of perverse sheaves, we deduce the nonnegativity result. We further prove that the inequality is strict for perverse sheaves with full support. As applications, we get nonnegativity results for perverse Euler characteristics on various moduli spaces.
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Mert Akdenizli, Quoc-Anh Tran. 2026-09-10. Perverse Euler Characteristics of Hermitian Locally Symmetric Spaces. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10946
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