Universal reparametrization of \(f\)-analytic families of cycles and the theorem of geometric \(f\)-flattering (Q951969)

Summary: This article presents a new point of view around the main results of \textit{D. Mathieu} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 50, No. 4, 1155--1189 (2000; Zbl 0966.32003)] on meromorphic equivalence relations. We introduce the space of finite type cycles (closed analytic cycles with finitely many irreducible components) of a given finite dimensional complex space and a natural topology on this space, in order to avoid the ``regularity'' condition for analytic families of cycles introduced in loc. cit. and also the two notions of ``escape to infinity''; which are here encoded in a natural way in our framework. Then the results are stronger and much simpler to state and to use. They contain, in a slightly different language, a clean and more general version of the works of \textit{H. Grauert} [Math. Ann. 265, 137--148 (1983; Zbl 0504.32007) and Aspects Math. E9, 115--147 (1986; Zbl 0592.32008)] and of \textit{B. Siebert} [Math. Ann. 296, No. 2, 269--283 (1993; Zbl 0807.32011) and Math. Ann. 300, No. 2, 243--271 (1994; Zbl 0832.32007)] on meromorphic equivalence relations.