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Daniele Tampieri
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Is it possible that $\int |f^2(z)|^{t+1}(P\bar{P})\phi(z) dz=0$ for all compactly supported $\phi$?

When proving that the log-canonical threshold is minus the largest root of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial one considers the integral

$$\int |f^2(z)|^{t+1}(P\bar{P}(\phi(z))) dz,$$ where $P$ is a linear partial differential operator and $\phi$ is a compactly support smooth function. In order for $t$ to be a root of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of $f$ which is larger than $-lct(f)$ it would have to be the case that \begin{equation}\int |f^2(z)|^{t+1}(P\bar{P}(\phi(z))) dz=0\quad \text{for all }\phi.\label{1}\tag{1}\end{equation} Kollar in this document says that this seems strange, but cannot be excluded without knowing more about $P$. This makes me wonder, is \eqref{1} really possible if $P\not=0$? Or does $P\not=0$ imply that \eqref{1} is not possible?

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