On a quadratic form associated with a surface automorphism and its applications to singularity theory

DOI10.1016/J.INDAG.2022.02.007zbMATH Open1495.14003arXiv2011.12332OpenAlexW4214732656MaRDI QIDQ2673086FDOQ2673086

Authors: C. Bonatti, X. Gómez-Mont, Manuel González Villa, Pablo Portilla Cuadrado, Lilia Alanís-López, Enrique Artal Bartolo 

Publication date: 9 June 2022

Published in: Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the nilpotent part $N^{\prime }$ of a pseudo-periodic automorphism $h$ of a real oriented surface with boundary $Sigma$. We associate a quadratic form $Q$ defined on the first homology group (relative to the boundary) of the surface $Sigma$. Using the twist formula and techniques from mapping class group theory, we prove that the form $ildeQ$ obtained after killing $kerN$ is positive definite if all the screw numbers associated with certain orbits of annuli are positive. We also prove that the restriction of $ildeQ$ to the absolute homology group of $Sigma$ is even whenever the quotient of the Nielsen-Thurston graph under the action of the automorphism is a tree. The case of monodromy automorphisms of Milnor fibers $Sigma=F$ of germs of curves on normal surface singularities is discussed in detail, and the aforementioned results are specialized to such situation. Moreover, the form $ildeQ$ is computable in terms of the dual resolution or semistable reduction graph, as illustrated with several examples. Numerical invariants associated with $ildeQ$ are able to distinguish plane curve singularities with different topological types but same spectral pairs. Finally, we discuss a generic linear germ defined on a superisolated surface. In this case the plumbing graph is not a tree and the restriction of $ildeQ$ to the absolute monodromy of $Sigma=F$ is not even.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.12332

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zbMATH Keywords

plane curve singularitiespositive definite quadratic formtwist formulamonodromy automorphismpseudo-periodic surface automorphismsscrew numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Singularities of surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J17) Automorphisms of surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties (14J50) Local complex singularities (32S05) Complex surface and hypersurface singularities (32S25)

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