The Lefschetz standard conjectures for IHSMs of generalized Kummer deformation type in certain degrees

Abstract: For a projective $2n$-dimensional irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifold $Y$ of generalized Kummer deformation type and $j$ the smallest prime number dividing $n+1$, we prove the Lefschetz standard conjectures in degrees $<2(n+1)(j-1)/j$. We show that the restriction homomorphism from the cohomology of a projective deformation of a moduli space of Gieseker-stable sheaves on an Abelian surface to the cohomology of $Y$ is surjective in these degrees. A corollary is that the Lefschetz standard conjectures hold for $Y$ when $n+1$ is prime. The proofs rely on Markman's description of the monodromy of generalized Kummer varieties and construction of a universal family of moduli spaces of sheaves, Verbitsky's theory of hyperholomorphic sheaves, and the decomposition theorem.