Equisingular generic discriminants and Whitney conditions (Q1012035)

This paper provides a proof of the fact that the Whitney conditions are satisfied for 1-parameter families of normal surface singularities for which the generic discriminants are equisingular. By a result of \textit{J. Briançon} and \textit{J. P. G. Henry} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 108, 259--281 (1980; Zbl 0482.14004)], who studied the hypersurface case, the last condition is stronger than Whitney equisingularity, which is in turn stronger than topological triviality. For minimal surface singularities all conditions are equivalent, as the generic discriminant can be determined from the resolution graph, see [\textit{R. Bondil}, C. R., Math., Acad. Sci. Paris 337, No. 3, 195--200 (2003; Zbl 1053.14040)].