Logrithmic Versions of Ginzburg's Sharp Operation for Free Divisors

Let $M$ be a complex manifold, $D\subset M$ a free divisor and $U=M\setminus D$ its complement. In this paper we study the characteristic cycle $\text{CC}(\gamma \cdot {\text{ind}}_U)$ of the restriction of a constructible function $\gamma$ on $U$. We globalise Ginzburg’s local sharp construction and introduce the log transversality condition, which is a new transversality condition about the relative position of $\gamma$ and $D$. We prove that the log transversality condition is satisfied if either $D$ is normal crossing and $\gamma$ is arbitrary, or $D$ is holonomic strongly Euler homogheneous and $\gamma$ is non-characteristic. Under the log transversality assumption we establish a logarithmic pullback formula for $\text{CC}(\gamma \cdot {\text{ind}}_U)$. Mixing Ginzburg’s sharp construction with the logarithmic pullback, we obtain a double restriction formula for the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson class $c_{\ast }(\gamma \cdot {\text{ind}}_{D\cup V})$ where $V$ is any reduced hypersurface in $M$. Applications of our results include the non-negativity of Euler characteristics of effective constructible functions, and CSM classes of hypersurfaces in the open manifold ${\mathbb{P}}^n\setminus D$ when $D$ is a linear free divisor or a free hyperplane arrangement.