Classification of simple space curve singularities

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The author studies and classifies simple singularities of space curves. A singularity is called simple if it has only finitely many non-equivalent deformations. More precisely, if \((X,0)\subset ({\mathbb C}^n,0)\) is an analytic subvariety, then one may act by the obvious group of automorphisms on the space of such \((X,0)\). If such a variety has a neighbourhood (in the set of all such) which intersects atmost finitely many orbits by the above group, one says that the singularity is simple. Simple complete intersection space curves were classified by \textit{M. Giusti} [in: Singularities, Summer Inst., Arcata 1981, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 40, Part I, 457-494 (1983; Zbl 0525.32006)]. In this paper, the author classifies such space curve singularites for non-complete intersections. The starting point is that such curves are defined by the \(r\times r\) minors of a \(r\times (r+1)\) matrix with coefficients in the germs of functions of 3-space at the origin. Further, we may assume that all entries vanish at the origin. This is the celebrated Hilbert-Burch theorem. The case \(r=1\) gives the complete intersection case, treated by Giusti. The author shows that if \(r\geq 2\) and if the singularity is simple, then \(r=2\). Using this the author classifies all such singularities.




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