Bi-Lipschitz geometry of weighted homogeneous surface singularities (Q938251)

Any complex singularity can be quipped with a natural metric space structure, the so-called inner metric structure, well defined up to bi-Lipschitz equivalence. A natural question of metric theory of complex analytic singularities is the existence of a metrically conical structure near the singular point; this means that the inner metric space is bi-Lipschitz equivalent with the cone metric. For example, singularities of complex algebraic curves have this property. On the other hand, it was discovered by \textit{L. Birbrair} and \textit{A. Fernandes} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 61, No. 11, 1483--1494 (2008; Zbl 1156.32019)] that this is not always the case for surface singularities, even if we consider only the weighted homogeneous germs. This result is greatly extended in the present article, showing that these germs are rarely metrical: a weighted homogeneous surface singularity is metrically conical only if its two lowest weights are equal. The article also provides an example of a pair of germs which are topologically equivalent but not bi-Lipschitz equivalent.