The zero locus of an admissible normal function

Pages 883-897 from Volume 170 (2009), Issue 2 by Patrick Brosnan, Gregory J. Pearlstein

Abstract

We prove that the zero locus of an admissible normal function over an algebraic parameter space $S$ is algebraic in the case where $S$ is a curve.

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Mathematical Subject Classification
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DOI
10.4007/annals.2009.170.883
MR
2552111
zbMATH
1184.32004
Milestones
Received: 18 May 2006
Revised: 22 January 2007

Authors

Patrick Brosnan

Department of Mathematics
The University of British Columbia
Room 121, 1984 Mathematics Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Gregory J. Pearlstein

Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
United States