Liftable vector fields, unfoldings and augmentations (Q2665225)

The authors show how to describe the module of liftable vector fields of any finite singularity type map-germ in terms of the liftable vector fields of a stable unfolding of the map. In fact, it is a generalization of the result from [\textit{T. Nishimura} et al., Math. Ann. 366, No. 1--2, 573--611 (2016; Zbl 1368.32016)]. As an instructive example, they compute explicitly a system of generators for the module of liftable vector fields associated with the family \(H_k\) from Mond's list of simple germs [\textit{D. Mond}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 50, 333--369 (1985; Zbl 0557.58006)], then discuss in detail the complex case, describe a relation between the liftable vector fields of a one-parameter stable unfolding of a map-germ and its augmentations, etc.