Residue formulas for meromorphic functions on surfaces (Q1284681)

The paper is about a special case of Baum-Bott residues formula of a singular holomorphic foliation on a compact complex surface \(X\). This formula is described when the foliation is defined by the differential \(d\varphi\) of a meromorphic function \(\varphi\) on \(X\) (leaves are the level sets of \(\varphi\), and singularities of the foliation are the critical and indeterminacy points of \(\varphi\)). In this setting, Baum-Bott residues are computed in terms of the zero and pole divisors of \(d\varphi\). This is applied to the case where \(X\) is the complex projective plane \(\text{ P}^2\) and \(\varphi\) is defined by a complex polynomial \(f\) of two variables, obtaining a nice formula of D.~T.~Lê, which involves Baum-Bott residues, Milnor numbers at critical points of \(f\), and the degree of \(f\). Applications to other compactifications of the complex plane arising from polynomials are also considered.