A new inequality on the Hodge number $h^{1,1}$ of algebraic surfaces

Abstract

We get a new inequality on the Hodge number $h^{1,1}(S)$ of fibred algebraic complex surfaces $S$, which is a generalization of an inequality of Beauville. Our inequality implies the Arakelov type inequalities due to Arakelov, Faltings, Viehweg and Zuo, respectively.

11 pages, 3 figures