On the first singularity for the Upsilon invariant of algebraic knots

DOI10.1112/BLMS/BDW007zbMATH Open1337.57042arXiv1505.06835OpenAlexW3099263832MaRDI QIDQ2801729FDOQ2801729

Authors: Shida Wang 

Publication date: 21 April 2016

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the location of the first singularity of the Upsilon function of an algebraic knot is determined by the first term of its Puiseux characteristic sequence. In many cases this gives better bounds than the tau invariant on the genus of a cobordism between algebraic knots.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.06835

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05)

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