Étoiles and valuations (Q338228)

The author develops the theory of étoiles on complex analytic spaces due to [\textit{H. Hironaka}, Astérisque 7--8, 415--440 (1974; Zbl 0287.14006)] in the context of valuation theory. In particular, he shows that \textit{S. Abhyankar}'s inequality holds [Am. J. Math. 78, 321--348 (1956; Zbl 0074.26301)]. He also proves a regularization theorem for complex analytic morphisms, states the principal theorem for local monomialization of complex analytic spaces along an étoile (see [\textit{S. D. Cutkosky}, Adv. Math. 307, 833--902 (2017; Zbl 1356.32011)]), and so on.