Euler-homogeneous singularities and logarithmic differential forms (Q1095284)

A divisor D in a smooth manifold S is called Euler-homogeneous if for each point \(x\in D\) there exists an holomorphic vector field \(E_ x\) at x such that \(E_ x\cdot h=c\cdot h\) where h is a local equation of D at x and \(c\in {\mathbb{C}}^*\). The main result of this paper is Theorem 1: Let \(D\subset S\) an Euler-homogeneous hypersurface with \(co\dim_ x(SingD,D)=1\) for every \(x\in SingD\). Then the following conditions are equivalent: (1) D is a Saito divisor, (2) SingD is a locally determinential variety, (3) SingD is Cohen-Macaulay. This result is then used to show that the singular locus of the discriminant of a semi-universal deformation of an isolated hypersurface singularity is Cohen-Macaulay at the origin. Examples are given.