Functions on Space Curves

DOI10.1112/S0024610700008826MaRDI QIDQ4520416zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors V. V. Goryunov

Publication date 13 December 2000

Published in Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/S0024610700008826

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical points of functions and mappings on manifolds (58K05) Global theory of singularities (58K30)

Review text

If a function is given on a space curve then in a neighbourhood of a generic point the curve is given by the equations \(z=y=0\) and the function is given by \(f(x,y,z)=x\) -- in a certain coordinate system. In non-generic points the curve, the function and their relation can be singular. The goal of the paper is to study these singularities. So the following problem is considered: a ``function on a space curve is a pair of germs \((M,f)\) on \(C^3\) where \(M\) is an \(n\) by \(n+1\) matrix (whose maximal minors are the equations of the curve) and \(f\) is a function. Two such pairs are equivalent if they are the same in different coordinate systems (\(R_c\)-equivalence). Starting with classical techniques of singularity theory the author classifies the simple objects, i.e., those not depending on continuous moduli. In the rest of the paper these simple objects are studied. It is shown that their bifurcation sets have properties similar to those of simple objects in easier classification problems. One such result is that the complement of the bifurcation diagram is a \(k(\pi,1)\) space, another says that both the discriminant and the bifurcation diagram of functions are Saito's free divisors. The versal deformations of simple singularities are interpreted as partial closures of certain Hurwitz-spaces, giving new proofs for some enumerative formulas on Morse meromorphic functions on closed curves with fixed orders of poles and critical values.

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