The boundary of the Milnor fibre and a linking invariant of finitely determined germs

arXiv2304.12672MaRDI QIDQ6434233FDOQ6434233

Publication date: 25 April 2023

Abstract: The image of a finitely determined holomorphic germ

P h i

from

m a t h b b C^{2}

to

m a t h b b C^{3}

defines a hypersurface singularity

(X, 0)

, which is in general non-isolated. We show that the diffeomorphism type of the boundary of the Milnor fibre

p a r t i a l F

of

X

is a topological invariant of the germ

P h i

. We establish a correspondence between the gluing coefficients (so-called vertical indices) used in the construction of

p a r t i a l F

and a linking invariant

L

of the associated sphere immersion introduced by T. Ekholm and A. SzH{u}cs. For this we provide a direct proof of the equivalence of the different definitions of

L

. Since

L

can be expressed in terms of the cross cap number

C (P h i)

and the triple point number

T (P h i)

of a stable deformation of

P h i

, we obtain a relation between these invariants and the vertical indices. This is illustrated on several examples.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Complex surface and hypersurface singularities (32S25) Milnor fibration; relations with knot theory (32S55) Topological aspects of complex singularities: Lefschetz theorems, topological classification, invariants (32S50) Immersions in differential topology (57R42)

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