A note on separation of algebraic sets and the Łojasiewicz exponent for polynomial mappings (Q2386005)

The author considers the problem of global separation of affine algebraic sets. The main result of the paper states that if \(X\) and \(Y\) are algebraic subsets in a normed complex space \(M\) then there is a constant \(c>0\) such that \[ \rho(z, X)+\rho(z, Y)\geq c\bigg(\frac{\rho(z, X\cap Y)}{1+| z|^2 }\bigg)^{\text{deg}(x)\text{deg}(Y)}, \] for all \(z\in M\). In the proof of this result the author improves some techniques developed in a joint paper of the author with \textit{T. Krasiński} and \textit{P. Tworzewski} [Invent. Math. 136, 75--87 (1999; Zbl 0942.32003)]. As an application, the author gives a new approach to the proof of some known results concerning the global Łojasiewicz inequality of complex polynomial maps from \(\mathbb C^n\) to \(\mathbb C^k\).