-constant monodromy groups and marked singularities

Fine and coarse moduli spaces (14D22) Equisingularity (topological and analytic) (32S15) Monodromy; relations with differential equations and (D)-modules (complex-analytic aspects) (32S40) Symmetries, equivariance on manifolds (58K70)

Abstract: mu-constant families of holomorphic function germs with isolated singularities are considered from a global perspective. First, a monodromy group from all families which contain a fixed singularity is studied. It consists of automorphisms of the Milnor lattice which respect not only the intersection form, but also the Seifert form and the monodromy. We conjecture that it contains all such automorphisms, modulo {id,-id}. Second, marked singularities are defined and global moduli spaces for right equivalence classes of them are established. The conjecture on the group would imply that these moduli spaces are connected. The relation with Torelli type problems is discussed and a new global Torelli type conjecture for marked singularities is formulated. All conjectures are proved for the simple and 22 of the 28 exceptional singularities.

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Let \(f:(\mathbb{C}^{n+1},0)\to (\mathbb{C},0)\) be a germ of a holomorphic function with an isolated singularity at \(0\). Two types of global objects are associated to \(f\), the so-called \(\mu\)-constant monodromy groups and moduli spaces for marked singularities. The Milnor lattice of \(f\) is \(Ml(f):=H_n(f^{-1}(t), \mathbb{Z})\cong \mathbb{Z}^\mu\), \(\mu\) the Milnor number, \(t>0\) and \(f^{-1}(t)\) a regular fibre. There are two pairings on \(Ml(f)\), the intersection form \(I\) and the Seifert form \(L\). \(L\) determines \(I\) and the monodromy \(M_h\). Let \(G_{\mathbb{Z}}(f):=\text{Aut}(Ml(f), L)\) and \(ML(f)=(Ml(f), L, M_h, I)\). The \(\mu\)-constant monodromy of \(f\) is the subgroup of \(G_{\mathbb{Z}}(f)\) generated by all monodromy groups of all \(\mu\)-constant families which contain \(f\). The author conjectures the \(\mu\)-constant monodromy of \(f\) contains all automorphism, modulo \(\pm\text{id}\). Fix one singularity \(f_0\). A marked singularity is a pair \((f, \pm \rho)\), where \(f\) is a singularity in the \(\mu\)-homotopy class of \(f_0\) and \(\rho: ML(f)\to ML(f_0)\) is an isomorphism. Let \(M^{\text{mar}}_\mu(f_0)\) be the moduli space with respect to right equivalence of marked singularities. Locally \(M^{\text{mar}}_\mu (f)\) is isomorphic to the \(\mu\)-constant stratum of \(f\). The conjecture on the group implies that the moduli spaces are connected. The relation with Torelli type problems is discussed and a new global Torelli type conjecture for marked singularities is formulated. The conjectures are proved for the simple singularities and \(22\) of the \(28\) exceptional singularities.

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