Lagrange transformations and duality for corner and flag singularities (Q1806256)

A boundary singularity is a germ \(f\colon ({\mathbb C}^{n+1},0) \to ({\mathbb C},0)\), where \( ({\mathbb C}^{n+1},0)\) contains a distinguished hyperplane \(Y\cong ({\mathbb C}^n,0)\), which has to be preserved by coordinate transformations. The germs \(f_0:=f|_Y\) and \(f+xz\) are stably equivalent, so this Lagrange transformation switches the pair \((f,f_0)\). Associated to this pair is a complex, which computes the (co)homology of the Milnor fibre and is equipped with variation morphisms. An abstract duality for these data is defined. This paper is concerned with the extension of these concepts and constructions to the case of corner singularities, where a collection of \(k\) transverse hyperplanes has to be preserved, and flag singularities. On the class of \(k\)-corner singularities Lagrange reflections are defined for each hyperplane and they generate an action of the group \({\mathbb Z}_2^{k+1}\). They realize the duality of the corresponding homological objects.