The real part of decomposition of a polynomial and its determinacy (Q1345372)

Let \(f,g: \mathbb{R}^2\), \(0\to \mathbb{R}^2\), 0, be two \(C^\infty\) function-germs. Such germs \(f\) and \(g\) are called \(V\)-equivalent if the germs \(f^{-1} (0)\) and \(g^{-1} (0)\) are homeomorphic. Let \(P(x, y)\) be a germ of a real homogeneous polynomial of degree \(k\). We may write \(P(x, y)= a(x- b_1) \cdots (x- b_s) (x- c_1 y) \cdots (x- c_m y)\) where \(a, b_i\in \mathbb{R}\), \(a\neq 0\), \(c_j\in \mathbb{C}\). The main results of the paper are: \(P\) is \(C^0\)-finitely determined if and only if \(b_i\neq b_j\) for \(i\neq j\). In this case, the degree of \(C^0\)-determinacy of \(P\) is \(k\). Homogeneous polynomial germs \(P\) and \(Q\) are \(V\)-equivalent if and only if they have the same number of real factors.