An affine algebraic type of the Plücker-Milnor formula on \(\mathbb{C}^2\) (Q1293705)

Let \(C\) be the germ of a plane analytic curve with \(r \geq 1\) branches. Then \(2\delta = \mu + r - 1,\) where \(\delta\) and \(\mu\) are the genus and Milnor number of \(C,\) respectively [\textit{J. Milnor}, `Singular points of complex hypersurfaces', Princeton Univ. Press (1968; Zbl 0184.48405)]. The author obtains a similar formula for an affine smooth fiber \(X\) of a polynomial map \(P: {\mathbb C}^2 \rightarrow {\mathbb C}\) using invariants of the mixed Hodge structure on the cohomology of \(X.\) More exactly, he considers the decreasing Hodge filtration \(F^\bullet H^1(X, {\mathbb C})\) and proves that the following identity holds: \(2\delta_\infty = b_1 +r_\infty -1,\) where \(\delta_\infty = \dim_{\mathbb C}F^1H^1(X, {\mathbb C}),\) \(b_1= \dim_{\mathbb C}H^1(X, {\mathbb C}),\) and \(r_\infty\) is the total number of all local branches on the line at infinity of the projective closure of \(X\) in \({\mathbb P}^2.\) In conclusion interesting relations with classical Plücker formula and invariants of plane algebraic curves are considered.