Combinatorial structure of exceptional sets in resolutions of singularities

Publication date 29 November 2006

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Topological aspects of complex singularities: Lefschetz theorems, topological classification, invariants (32S50)

Abstract: The dual complex can be associated to any resolution of singularities whose exceptional set is a divisor with simple normal crossings. It generalizes to higher dimensions the notion of the dual graph of a resolution of surface singularity. The homotopy type of the dual complex does not depend on the choice of a resolution and thus can be considered as an invariant of singularity. In this preprint we show that the dual complex is homotopy trivial for resolutions of 3-dimensional terminal singularities and for resolutions of Brieskorn singularities. We also review our earlier results on resolutions of rational and hypersurface singularities.

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