Multiplicity estimates: a Morse-theoretic approach (Q5963490)

The author considers the problem of estimating the multiplicity of the zero of a degree \(d\) polynomial on \(\mathbb{C}^n\) when restricted to the trajectory of a nonsingular degree \(\delta\) polynomial vector field, at one or several points. By refining \textit{A. Gabrielov}'s method [Math. Res. Lett. 2, No. 4, 437--451 (1995; Zbl 0845.32003)], the author improves simultaneously the estimates of \textit{Yu. V. Nesterenko} [in: New advances in transcendence theory, Proc. Symp., Durham/UK 1986, 263--269 (1988; Zbl 0656.10034)] (which is of order \(d^n\) and doubly-exponential in \(n\)) and of \textit{A. Gabrielov} [in: The Arnoldfest. Proceedings of a conference in honour of V. I. Arnold for his 60th birthday, Toronto, Canada, June 15--21, 1997. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. 191--200 (1999; Zbl 0948.32010)] (which is simply exponential in \(n\), but of order \(d^{2n}\)). The author's result is \(n^n\) in \(n\) and of order \(d^n\).