On the monodromy of higher logarithms

Ramakrishnan, Dinakar

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0660611-4

On the monodromy of higher logarithms

Author: Dinakar Ramakrishnan
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 85 (1982), 596-599
MSC: Primary 53C30; Secondary 14D05, 22E40, 33A10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0660611-4
MathSciNet review: 660611
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Abstract: The (multivalued) higher logarithms are interpreted, by studying their monodromy, as giving well-defined maps from ${\mathbf{P}}_{\mathbf{C}}^1 - \left\{ {3\;{\text{points}}} \right\}$ into certain complex nilmanifolds with ${{\mathbf{C}}^ * }$ -actions.

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