Discriminant of a generic projection of a minimal normal surface singularity (Q1428312): Difference between revisions

In this paper, the author explains how to describe the equisingularity type of the discriminant curve for a generic projection of \((S,0)\) onto \((\mathbb{C}^2,0)\) from the resolution of \((S,0)\). This paper is organized as follows: in Section 1, the definitions of polar curves, discriminants and a remarkable property of transversality of \textit{J. Briançon} and \textit{J. P. G. Henry} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 108, 259--281 (1980; Zbl 0482.14004)] are recalled. For minimal surface singularities, a theorem of Spivakovsky describes the behavior of the generic polar curve. The authors use this theorem in Section 3 to prove lemmas relating on the one hand the resolution of the generic polar curve to the resolution of a minimal surface singularity, and on the other hand, polar curves and discriminants. Gathering these results, the main theorem in Section 4 provides a combinatorial way to describe the discriminant. Theorem. Let \((S,0)\) be a minimal normal surface singularity, embedded in \(\mathbb{C}^N\) and \(\pi:X\to (S,0)\) its minimal resolution, which is a composition \(\pi_1\circ\cdots\circ \pi_r\) of point blow-ups in \(\mathbb{C}^N\). Let \(\Delta_{S,0}\) be the generic discriminant of \((S,0)\). Then, performing over \((\mathbb{C}^2,0)\) the ``same'' succession of blow-ups, we get the minimal resolution of the plane curve \(\Delta_{S,0}\).