Infinitesimal center problem on zero cycles and the composition conjecture (Q2121855)

In this paper, the authors study the zero-dimensional version of the infinitesimal center problem, which is the analog of the classical infinitesimal center problem in the plane, but for zero cycles. They define the displacement function and prove that it is identically zero if and only if the deformation has a composition factor. That is, they prove that the composition conjecture is true for the infinitesimal center problem on zero cycles, though it is not true for the tangential center problem. Finally, some examples of applications of the main results are given. Note that the authors consider only the polynomial case, but the problems and some of the results can be extended to a more general setting.