On the Milnor and Tjurina numbers of zero-dimensional singularities (Q2160237)

The Milnor number of an isolated complete intersection is greater than or equal to its Tjurina number if and only if the hypersurface is quasi-homogeneous. To calculate the Milnor and Tjurina numbers, the Poincaré-de Rham complex and the cotangent complex are useful. The author presents few relations connecting the dimensions of the cotangent homology spaces of singularities of the complete intersections and the almost complete intersections. He also shows that there exist no rigid zero-dimensional Gorenstein singularities and rigid almost complete intersections.