Connected-sum decomposition of complex projective hypersurfaces with quadratic singularities (Q5941873)

The author describes a generalization of his own results announced in [\textit{N. Yu. Netsvetaev}, J. Math. Sci., New York 94, No. 4, 1564-1567 (1999); translation from Zap. Nauchn. Semin. POMI 235, 193-198 (1996; Zbl 1001.57049)]. Let \(A = \{P_1, \ldots, P_s\} \subset {\mathbf P}^{n+1}_{\mathbb C}\) be a finite set, and let \(\varphi_n(A)\) be the smallest degree of a hypersurface \(Y \subset {\mathbf P}^{n+1}_{\mathbb C}\) whose singular locus Sing\((Y)\) coincides with \(A.\) Denote by \(\Sigma_n(A,d)\) the set of all hypersurfaces \(X \subset {\mathbf P}^{n+1}_{\mathbb C}\) of degree \(d\) with \(A_1\)-singularities only and Sing\((X) = A.\) The following theorem is proved: If \(n > 2\) and \(d > \varphi_n(A)\) then any element of \(\Sigma_n(A,d)\) is a topologically standard hypersurface. Thus it can be decomposed into a connected sum of a special form. It also implies that the diffeomorphism type of the hypersurface is completely determined by the dimension, degree and the number of singularities. It should be noted that similar results are obtained in the case of complete intersections [\textit{O. A. Ivanov} and \textit{N. Yu. Netsvetaev}, J. Math. Sci., New York 104, No. 4, 1289-1292 (2001); translation from Zap. Nauchn. Semin. POMI 252, 62-66 (2001; Zbl 1064.14055)].