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Let \(f: ({\mathbb{C}}^{n+1},0) \to ({\mathbb{C}},0)\) be a holomorphic function with isolated singularity for the eigenvalue 1, i.e. the monodromy of \(f\) in nearby points does not have 1 as eigenvalue (on reduced cohomology of the local Milnor fibre). The author constructs a variation mapping \(\text{Var}: H^n(F, {\mathbb{C}})_{\lambda=1} \to H^n_c(F, {\mathbb{C}})_{\lambda=1}\) which reduces to the classical variation mapping if \(f\) has an isolated singularity. Furthermore the author's canonical hermitian form [Aspects Math. E 17, 20-28 (1991; Zbl 0731.32012)] is expressed in terms of the variation and the monodromy. The construction is rather technical. In a first section a homological version is presented to aid the reader. The cohomology of the Milnor fibre is computed from a complex of vectors \((w_k, \dots, w_1)\) with entries differential forms with poles along \(f^{-1}(0)\). The logarithm of the monodromy acts as \((w_k, \dots, w_1)\mapsto (w_{k-1}, \dots, w_1,0)\) if \(k\) is big enough. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0872.00035].