On the Łojasiewicz numbers. II (Q2568347)

The authors advance in the problem of determining which rational numbers of the form \(N+\frac ba\), where \(N\) is a positive integer and \(a,b\) are integers such that \(0\leq b<a<N\), are equal to the Łojasiewicz exponent of some analytic function germ \(f:(\mathbb C^n,0)\to (\mathbb C,0)\) with an isolated singularity at the origin. As a consequence of the paper of \textit{A. Lenarcik} [Banach Cent. Publ. 44, 149--166 (1998; Zbl 0924.32007)] and a constructive example given by the authors, it is shown that a rational number \(\lambda>0\) is the Łojasiewicz number of non-degenerate singularity \(f\in\mathcal O_2\) (in the sense of Kouchnirenko) if and only if \(\lambda=N+\frac ba\), where \(a,b,N\) are integers such that \(0\leq b<a<N\) and \(a+b\leq N\). Such rational numbers are called \textit{regular} Łojasiewicz numbers. The authors show that if \(f\in\mathcal O_2\) is a function with an isolated singularity at the origin and with a non-regular Łojasiewicz exponent, then there arise strong restrictions on the singularity \(f=0\). These restrictions are expressed in terms of topological invariants of the singularity. Therefore, the authors show a link between arithmetical properties of the Łojasiewicz exponent of a function \(f\in\mathcal O_2\) (with an isolated singularity at the origin) and the topology of the zero set of \(f\). [For part I of this paper see \textit{E. Garcia Barroso} and \textit{A. Płoski}, C. R., Math., Acad. Sci. Paris 336, No. 7, 585--588 (2003; Zbl 1032.32013).]