Hodge theory of degenerations, (III): a vanishing-cycle calculus for non-isolated singularities

Abstract

We continue our study of the Hodge theory of degenerations, Part I of which covered consequences of the Decomposition Theorem and Part II of which concerned geometric applications in the isolated singularity case. The focus here in Part III is on concrete computations in the case of non-isolated singularities, particularly those for which the singular locus has dimension one. These examples are significantly more involved than in the previous parts, and include $k$-log-canonical singularities, several specific surface singularities (both slc and non-slc), and certain singular 5-folds arising in the study of Feynman integrals.