%0 Journal Article %T Ample subvarieties and q-ample divisors %A John Christian Ottem %J Mathematics %D 2011 %I arXiv %X We introduce a notion of ampleness for subschemes of higher codimension using the theory of q-ample line bundles. We also investigate certain geometric properties satisfied by ample subvarieties, e.g. the Lefschetz hyperplane theorems and numerical positivity. Using these properties, we also construct a counterexample to the converse of the Andreotti-Grauert vanishing theorem. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2500v2