DELIGNE WEIGHT FILTRATION // MONODROMY WEIGHT SPECTRAL // Gr^W PURITY
A mixed Hodge structure on a finite-dimensional rational vector space H_Q consists of:
such that each graded piece Gr^W_k = W_k / W_{k-1} carries a pure Hodge structure of weight k.
For H^n(X) where X is a smooth variety with normal crossing divisor boundary D, Deligne constructs W via the logarithmic de Rham complex:
The spectral sequence from W degenerates at E_2. Graded pieces: Gr^W_k H^n carries a pure Hodge structure of weight k.
Given a nilpotent endomorphism N: H → H (monodromy logarithm), the monodromy weight filtration M(N, W) is the unique filtration such that:
This is the Jacobson-Morozov filtration centered at the weight. The weight-monodromy conjecture (proven by Deligne in char 0) asserts purity of Gr^M pieces under the Frobenius action.
Mixed Hodge structures form an abelian category MHS. The extension group Ext^1_MHS classifies variations. The period matrix encodes the Hodge filtration position within the weight-graded lattice.