%0 Journal Article %T Torsion points on the cohomology jump loci of compact K£¿hler manifolds %A Botong Wang %J Mathematics %D 2013 %I arXiv %X We prove that each irreducible component of the cohomology jump loci of rank one local systems over a compact K\"ahler manifold contains at least one torsion point. This generalizes a theorem of Simpson for smooth complex projective varieties. An immediate consequence is the conjecture of Beauville and Catanese for compact K\"ahler manifolds. We also provide an example of a compact K\"ahler manifold, whose cohomology jump loci can not be realized by any smooth complex projective variety. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6619v2