\({\mathcal A}_e\)-codimension of germs of analytic curves (Q2465208)

In this article, the authors study invariants of parametrized multigerms of curves. More precisely they consider these parametrizations up to \(A\)-equivalence (i.e. right-left equivalence) and characterize or bound the \(A_e\)-codimension, that is the minimal number of parameters in an \(A_e\)-versal unfolding of the parametrization, in terms of well-known invariants of curve singularities. In the case of germs of analytic irreducible curves such a bound is proved in terms of the \(\delta\)-invariant and the multiplicity. The main result of this article, however, deals with monomial curves, where the authors prove a characterization using the Cohen-Macaulay-type and again the \(\delta\)-invariant. As consequences of this result, they obtain a criterion, whether a monomial curve is Gorenstein in terms of the \(A_e\)-codimension, and a relation between the \(A_e\)-codimension and the Tjurina number.