Questions tagged [singularity-theory]
Singularities in algebraic/complex/differential geometry and analysis of ODEs/PDEs. Singular spaces, vector fields, etc.
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Gorenstein varieties: why the two definitions are equivalent?
There are two definitions of Gorenstein singularities
in the literature. Using Grothendieck's (or Serre's) duality, one
defines the "dualizing sheaf" an object $\hat K_M$ of derived category
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Non-compactness on Penrose singularity
I've been studying singularities in GR, and (obviously), came across PST.
Let us state it as the following:
Let $(M, g)$ be a connected globally hyperbolic
spacetime with a noncompact Cauchy ...
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Are Du Val singularities smoothable?
I am interested in when a Du Val surface singularity is smoothable. By Du Val singularity, I mean (the germ of a) isolated double point surface singularity admitting a resolution by blowups of ...
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Derived category and resolution of singularities
Let $(X,x)$ be an isolated, Gorenstein singularity of dimension at least $2$ and $f: Y \to X$ be a resolution of singularities. Let $E_1, E_2$ be two distinct irreducible components of the exceptional ...
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Smooth complete intersections
Let $X_{2,3}\subset\mathbb{P}^n$, with $n\geq 5$, be a complete intersection of a quadric $X_2$ and a cubic $X_3$ containing a $2$-plane $H$. Assume $X_2$ and $X_3$ to be general among the ...
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What are algebroid curves/branches and their value semigroup?
In “The moduli problem for plane branches”, by O. Zariski, the author defines a plane branch as an irreducible element $f \in \mathbb C[[x,y]]$. In the more recent article "The semigroup of a ...
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Induced resolution of singularities
I am not a specialist in singularity theory but currently I have to touch resolution of singularities and I'd like to know whether I have understood Hironaka's theorem correctly.
Let $k$ be a field of ...
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Smoothness of fibers over finite fields
Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a morphism of smooth projective varieties over a finite field of characteristic different from $2$. Is there any result on the existence of a point $y\in Y$ such that $X_y = ...
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Does a resolution of a rational singularity have rationally connected fibers?
A rational singularity is a singularity of a
complex variety $X$ such that for any
resolution $\pi:\; \tilde X\rightarrow X$ the
higher direct images $R^i\pi_*(O_{\tilde X})$
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Understand the proof that rational resolution is independent of the resolution
EDIT. Karl Schwede has given a different approach to solve this question, which is very clear. However, I still want to figure out how to deal with this problem along Ein's line, and waiting for the ...
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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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Singularities of contractions of extremal faces
Let $(X, \Delta)$ be a (projective) klt pair (say over $\mathbb{C}$, but I am also interested in fields of positive characteristic) and $f: X \to Z$ the contraction associated to a $(K_X + \Delta)$-...
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Vorticity equation for incompressible 2D fluid dynamics [closed]
I want to ask what advantage of using vorticity equations in fluid dynamics.
Does it help to find large curls? Does it have singularities connected to presence of curls?
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Modality of a point under a Lie group action
Let $X$ be a smooth manifold and $G$ a Lie group acting on it. V. I. Arnold defines the modality of a point $x\in X$ as follows [1] (see also [2]):
We say that a point $x$ has modality $m$ (under the ...
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Is this quotient of $\mathbb{C}^{m+1}$ by $U(1)$ only "nice" for $m=1$?
Let $V^{m+1} = \mathbb{C}^{m+1}$ and let $U(1)$ act on it by its diagonal representation, so that really, it is just like scalar multiplication by a unit modulus complex number.
I am interested in the ...
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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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Discrepancies and multiplicity of rational singularity
Let $(X,x)$ be a rational normal surface singularity having multiplicity $m$ (for example $(-Z)^{2}$, where $Z$ is the fundamental cycle). Suppose its discrepancies are all $\ge -1+\frac{1}{k}$ for a $...
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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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Is there a, in depth, classification of branch points in complex analysis?
Disclaimer: This question was originally posted in math.stackexchange.com and, after 30 days with no answers, I followed the instructions of this topic.
In complex analysis we have well known results ...
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J.-P. Serre: Duality of regular differentials on singular curves
I already asked this on math.stackexchange.com, but didn't get any responses. I hope it is appropriate here.
Let $X'$ be an irreducible singular algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field $k$, ...
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Singularities of surfaces fibered in rational curves
Let $S$ be a projective surface with a morphism $S\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^1$ whose fibers are either smooth $\mathbb{P}^1$'s or the union of two smooth $\mathbb{P}^1$'s intersecting in a point.
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Converse of transfer theorem : does asymptotic behaviour of coefficients describe the singularity?
I'm interested in Singularity Analysis after reading this Math.Stack post. In the "Analytic Combinatorics" book by P. Flajolet and R. Sedgewick, at p.390, the following transfer theorem (...
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Deformation of isolated singularities and non zero divisors
Consider $f \in \mathbb{C}\{x_1,\dots,x_n\}$ such that $(V(f),0)$ has an isolated singularity.
Let $F \in \mathbb{C}\{x_1,\dots,x_n,t\}$ be a deformation of $f$ such that there exists some integer $m$...
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Bishop's compactness theorem and convergence of analytic subset
Let $V_i$ be a sequence of $k$ dimensional analytic subsets in $\mathbb C^N$. Suppose that the volume of $V_i$ is uniformly bounded, then Bishop's compactness theorem says that $V_i$ will convergence ...
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Apparent singularities and non Fuchsian regular points
I am considering the following function of $z$ on the Riemann sphere:
$$
J(z) = \int_\Delta (L_0+z L_1)^a D^b d^nx
$$
where
$\Delta \in H_n\big(\Bbb{CP}^n\setminus\{L(x)=0\},S\big)$, $S$ being the ...
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Fixed point scheme of finite group Cohen-Macaulay?
Let $X$ be a quasi-projective scheme over a field $k$.
Let $G$ be a finite group acting on $X$ whose order is invertible in $k$.
If $X$ is Cohen-Macaulay, can we conclude that the subscheme of fixed ...
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Every locally free sheaf is Cohen-Macaulay on complex variety with at canonical singualities?
Suppose $X$ is a normal complex space with at most singularities, can we say any locally free sheaf on it is Cohen-Macauly?
Recall that a coherent sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ over $X$ is called (maximal) ...
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Discrepancy of a divisor over a different model
I also asked this question on MathStackExchange but receive no answers.
I'm reading Koll'ar and Mori's book about singularity theory. They state the following lemma without proof:
Lemma 2.30. Let $f:...
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Does anyone know an example of a non-singular, globally $ F $-regular variety $ X $ for which generic smoothness does not hold?
Let us denote the Frobenius endomorphism of a variety $ X $ by $ F $. A variety $ X $ over a field $ k $ of positive characteristic is globally $ F $-regular if for every effective Weil divisor $ D $,...
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Classification of singularities of plane curves of fixed degree (reference request)
We know the answers to some questions like What is the maximal number of singularities of (reduced) plane curves of degree $d$? for general $d$ (in this case $\tfrac{1}{2}d(d-1)$, obtained by $d$ ...
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Orbifolds are Thom-Mather stratified spaces
Where can I find a proof of (or if it is even true) that an (effective) orbifold is a Thom-Mather stratified space?
edit: after some search, I found the proof should be contained in either
GIBSON, C....
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Curvature explosion and metric landmark stability
$\newcommand{\prin}{\mathrm{prin}}$Context: Let $S$ be the unit sphere in some finite dimensional vector space $V$. Given a connected compact Lie group real representation $\rho:G\rightarrow O(V)$, ...
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Example of nontrivial families of isolated singularities with constant Milnor number
In Lê-Ramanujam's paper The invariance of Milnor’s number implies the invariance of the topological
type, they prove what the title says for families with isolated singularities and constant Milnor ...
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Do there exist linear relations between exceptional divisors
Let $X$ be an isolated, Gorenstein singularity of dimension at least $2$ and $\pi: \widetilde{X} \to X$ be a resolution of singularities. Let $E$ be the exceptional divisor and $E_1,...,E_r$ be the ...
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Link of a singularity
I would like to understand the topological type of a link of a singularity in a simple example. Consider for instance the cone ${xy-z^2=0}\subset\mathbb{C}^3$.
If we set $x = x_1+ix_2, y = y_1+iy_2, z ...
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Lifting of control data along a stratified morphism
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a stratified map between Whitney stratified spaces such that for each stratum $S$ of $Y$, $f:f^{-1}(S)\to S$ is a proper stratified submersion. Let $\mathscr{T}_Y$ be a Thom–Mather ...
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Blowing-up a non reduced fiber
Let $X\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^2$ be a smooth conic bundle with a non reduced fiber $F$, and $\widetilde{X}$ the blow-up of $X$ along $F$ with exceptional divisor $F\times\mathbb{P}^1$.
I expect $\...
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Cohen-Macaulyness of Milnor algebra
Denote by $R = \mathbb{C}\{x_1, \dots, x_n\}$ the ring of germs of analytics maps at the origin in $n$ variables and let $f \in R$ such that $Sing(V(f))=V(x_1, \dots, x_{n-1})$ as sets. In addition, ...
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How to solve the following ODE with a parameter?
I am considering the following ODE
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
&\frac{d^2}{dy^2}u + \frac{\alpha}{(1+y^2)^{\frac{r}{2}}}u = \delta(y)\\
&\lim_{|y|\to \infty}u(y) = 0.
\end{split}
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Vanishing cycles and injectivity of the specialisation map
Consider a proper algebraic map between complex varieties $f : X \to D$ ($D$ is the unit disk), which is a submersion over $D^*$. I would like to know if they are any condition on $f$ such that the ...
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When is the singularity of a semi-normal variety a double point singularity
Let $X$ be a semi-normal projective variety and $p: \widetilde{X} \to X$ be the normalization. Suppose that $\widetilde{X}$ is smooth and there exists two smooth divisors $D_1, D_2 \subset \widetilde{...
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Homogeneous deformation of isolated singularities
Let $f\in \mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots,x_n]$ be a homogeneous polynomial of degree $p$ and let $F \in \mathbb{C}[x_1, \dots,x_n,t]$ be a polynomial such that $F(x_1, \dots, x_n,0)=f$, for every $t_0$ we have ...
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Preimage by birational maps
I am looking for an example (I guess that in complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^{n}$ is good) such that satisfy the following condition (in non trivial case, for this assume $X \neq \tilde{X}$):
Let ...
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Stability of nodal hypersurfaces
We denote by $\Pi_{n,d}$ the space of homogeneous polynomials of degree $d$ in $n+1$ variables $x_0,\ldots,x_n$, i.e. $\Pi_{n,d}=\Gamma(\mathbb{P}^n(\mathbb{C}),\mathcal{O}(d))$. The group $G=SL(n+1)$ ...
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Existence of terminal $3$-fold flips
Does there exist a terminal $3$-fold $X$ with a curve $C\subset X$ such that $K_X\cdot C < 0$ admitting a Mori flip $X\dashrightarrow Y$, flipping $C$ to a curve $C'\subset Y$, where the singular ...
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Newton polygon notation for algebraic surface singularities
In various sources (e.g. here, Theorem 1.1 and here, Theorem 2.1 (3)), a certain notation which uses a fraction followed by a tuple is used to describe surface singularities. For example, the first ...
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restricting the "Whitney" map
$\newcommand\R{\mathbb R}$Suppose $f:\R^2 \to \R^2$ is a Whitney map with singularities (well, I'm not sure if this is the name for it, Whitney calls them excellent maps in his 1955 paper), i.e. it is ...
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Singular Del Pezzo of degree 2
Throughout, singular Del Pezzo means a surface with only isolated singularities and ample anti-canonical divisor.
Suppose $X$ is a singular Del Pezzo of degree 2 over a field $k$ where $\text{char}(k)\...
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Order of a germ along curves
There is a very basic invariant of $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}$-germs $f: (\mathbb{R}^n, 0) \to (\mathbb{R}^k, 0) $ ($n \leq k$), which I call ''maximal order along curves''. I would like to interested ...
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Is there a "minimal" Whitney stratification of a complex hypersurface?
Let $X\subset \mathbb C^n$ be a complex hypersurface (given by $F=0$ where $F$ is a polynomial). It is known then that $X$ admits a Whitney stratification. This is a decomposition of $X$ into smooth ...
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