Invariants of plane algebraic curves via representations of the braid groups

DOI10.1007/BF01394143MaRDI QIDQ1121329zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anatoly Libgober

Publication date 1989

Published in Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/143644

zbMATH Keywords

Alexander polynomialequisingular familiesLaurant polynomialrepresentation of the braid group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global theory and resolution of singularities (algebro-geometric aspects) (14E15) Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

Review text

If two plane curves of the same degree have one to one corresponding singularities which are topologically equivalent, they are said to be equisingular. An equisingular family need not be connected. It is interesting to find invariants which may distinguish the connected components of a family. In a previous paper by the author [Duke Math. J. 49, 833-851 (1982; Zbl 0524.14026)], the Alexander polynomial was shown to have this property. In the note under review the author introduces another invariant to do the job. This invariant, which is defined for any representation of the braid group, is a Laurant polynomial determined up to a unit in the ring \({\mathbb{Q}}[t,t^{-1}]\). In the case of the reduced Burau representation, this invariant essentially coincides with the Alexander polynomial.

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