Thom isotopy theorem for non proper maps and computation of sets of stratified generalized critical values

Abstract: Let

X s u b s e t B b b C^{n}

be an affine variety and

f : X o B b b C^{m}

be the restriction to

X

of a polynomial map

B b b C^{n} o B b b C^{m}

. In this paper, we construct an affine Whitney stratification of

X

. The set

K (f)

of stratified generalized critical values of

f

can be also computed. We show that

K (f)

is a nowhere dense subset of

B b b C^{m}

, which contains the set

B (f)

of bifurcation values of

f

by proving a version of the isotopy lemma for non-proper polynomial maps on singular varieties.

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