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Hironaka's proof of resolution of singularities in positive characteristics

Recent publication of Hironaka seems to provoke extended discussions, like Atiyah's proof of almost complex structure of $S^6$ earlier... Unlike Atiyah's paper, Hironaka's paper does not have a ...
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Resolution graph of higher dimensional ADE singularities

I am looking for different configurations of the exceptional divisors arising from blowing up a higher dimensional ADE singularity (see p. 240 of this article of Bruns for a description of such ...
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Globalization of Brieskorn-Grothendieck resolution

Brieskorn (1970) showed that for semiuniversal deformation of rational double points surface singularities $X\to S$, there is a finite base change $S'\to S$, such that the new family $f:X\times_{S}S'\...
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Resolving analytic normal crossings singularities

Let $X$ be a non-singular (complex) variety and $Y \subset X$ be a (reduced) irreducible subvariety with only normal crossings singularity (locally, in the analytic topology, the singularity is ...
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Bertini-type theorem for strict transform

Let $(X,o)$ be an isolated, normal singularity of dimension at least $3$. Let $\pi: \widetilde{X} \to X$ be a resolution of singularity of $X$. Is it true that for a general hypersurface $H \subset X$ ...
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Can nonflat deformations of singularities always produce Cohen-Macaulay rings?

To make the question in the title precise, let me phrase it like this. Consider a complete local ring $$ A := \mathbb{C}[[x_1, \dotsc, x_n]]/(f_1, \dotsc, f_m) $$ and, for definiteness, assume that $...
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Definition of Q gorenstein variety

I have a question about the definition of Q-Gorenstein variety. I saw a definition of Q-Gorenstein variety:for a normal variety $X$, it's Q-Gorenstein if the canonical divisor is Q Cartier. I wonder ...
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Singularities of rational quartic surfaces

Let $X\subset \mathbb{P}^3$ be an irreducible quartic surface, defined over an algebraically closed field $k$. Suppose that $X$ is rational (i.e. birational to $\mathbb{P}^2$). Is is true that $X$ has ...
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smoothing of isolated surface singularity

I want to know when an isolated surface singularity can be smoothed, especially for log canonical isolated surface singularity. Is there any good reference. Thanks in advance.
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simple elliptic surface singularity

Suppose X is a one dimension torus and L is a line bundle over X, I think one class of log canonical surface singularity comes from the contraction of one elliptic curve from the total space L. My ...
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Singularities of fibrations 2

This question is related to my previous question: Singularities of fibrations Assume that $X$ is a complete intersection irreducible $3$-fold in a product of projective spaces. So that $X$ is ...
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Resolving complete intersections of quadrics with singularities

Suppose that $X$ is a complete intersection of quadrics in $\mathbb P^n_{\mathbb C}$. Is there some straightforward procedure to resolve the singularities of $X$? For example, can one stratify ...
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References for resolutions of ordinary singular points

Let $X$ be a $n$-dimensional complex projective algebraic variety, let us suppose that $X$ has only isolated singularities. Edit: Let us say that an ordinary $m$-ple singular point is an isolated ...
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Finiteness of rational double point

Let $(R,\mathfrak{m })$ be a three dimensional complete local ring over a field $k$ of arbitrary characteristic and let $f\in R$ and $R/f$ is a rational double point. My question is as follows. Are ...
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Deformation to normal cone of the exception divisor of a log-resolution

I am reading the paper Iterated vanishing cycles, convolution, and a motivic analogue of a conjecture of Steenbrink due to G. Guibert, F. Loeser, and M. Merle. The main tool, like a lot of papers in ...
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Trace formula for monodromy of Milnor fibrations

I am reading the paper A. Campo, Le nombre de Lefschetz d'une monodromie but I am stuck at several points, hope that someone can help me. Let $P:\mathbb{C}^{n+1} \longrightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a germ ...
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plumbing description of resolution of ADE singularities

Let $G$ be a finite subgroup of $SU(2)$ and consider the quotient of the unit ball $B\subset \mathbb{C}^{2}$ by $G$. The result, denoted by $V$, has a boundary $S^{3}/G$ and has an ADE singularity at $...
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Reference for certain resolution of singularities formulation

I want to use the following resolution of singularity statment as found in Soule et al, Lectures on Arakelov Geometry, p. 40: $Y$ is a separated algebraic variety of finite type over $\mathbb{C}$, $Z$...
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log canonical surface singularity

For a log cannonical surface singularity, I guess there is classification about the configuration of the exceptional divisor of its minimal resolution. I wonder if there is some specific example or ...
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Discrepancy of general element of linear system

Let $X$ be a normal scheme and $|D|$ a linear system on $X$. In "Singularity of Minimal Model Program" by Janos kollar p249, it says, If $X$ is a variety over $\mathbb{C}$, and $E_j$ ...
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About the definition of cDV singularity

M. Reid defines cDV singularity as follow in his paper "CANONICAL 3-FOLDS" A point $p\in X$ of a 3-fold is called a compound Du Val point if for some section H throgh $P$, $P\in H$ is a Du ...
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canonical divisor on singular curves with nodal point

What's the definition of canonical divisor(or whatever related concept) on singular curve with nodal point. More generally, what the definition of canonical divisor on a singular variety X, which is ...
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On Remmerts reduction

Let $(X,0)$ be a normal surface singularity. An let $\pi: \tilde{X} \to X$ be the minimal resolution. Now, we can apply a result of Oliveira (exploiting previous work by Laufer) and obtain a 1-...
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Desingularization of the zero section of $TM$ as the manifold of singularities of the geodesic flow

However the method of "Blowing up of singularities" is initially introduced for an isolated singularity, but this method have been generalized to blowing up of a "Manifold of singularities"...
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Cohomology of a structure sheaf of a normal affine variety

I can't find the reference for the following fact: Let $X$ be an affine variety and let $Y$ be its smooth resolution. $H^0(X,\mathcal{O}_x)=H^0(Y,\mathcal{O}_Y)$ if and only if $X$ is normal.
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Simple question about surface singularities

Given $\epsilon \in (0,1)$, is it possible to find two finite familes $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{P}$ of weighted graphs, such that the weighted graph of the minimum resolution of any $\epsilon$-klt ...
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A definition of arithmetic divisor with conic singularities?

I have a question related to the preprint "Heights and metrics with logarithmic singularities" by G. Freixas i Montplet. Let $X$ be an arithmetic variety with arithmetic divisor $D$ how can we ...
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How to determine the singlarity type (up to local analytic isomorphism) of a hypersurface surface singularity

Given a polynomial f(x,y,z), it defines a hypersurface in $\mathbb C^3$. I guess there is a classification of hypersurface singularity like Arnold normal form. I wonder given an explicite example of f,...
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Bijective restriction of the normalization morphism

Let $X$ be an integral separated scheme of finite type over $\mathbb{C}$. Consider the normalization morphism $f:X'\rightarrow X$. Can we always find an affine open $U\subset X'$ such that $f|_U:U\...
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