Valuative Arf invariant of singularities

Equisingularity for plane curves can be described in terms of the Puiseux invariants (Puiseux exponents of the branches and the intersection multiplicities). For space curves, the combinatorics of the resolution process is equivalent to the Arf characteristic. The Arf characteristic can be defined f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Campillo, Antonio, Castellanos Peñuela, Julio Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/58360
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58360
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:512
Singularities
Valuations and their generalizations
Equisingularity (topological and analytic)
Álgebra
1201 Álgebra
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Sumario:Equisingularity for plane curves can be described in terms of the Puiseux invariants (Puiseux exponents of the branches and the intersection multiplicities). For space curves, the combinatorics of the resolution process is equivalent to the Arf characteristic. The Arf characteristic can be defined for schemes of arbitrary dimension. In the paper, an algebraic-geometric theory of the Arf characteristic relative to finite sets of divisorial valuations is given. This is based on the algebraic notion of the Arf closure, a ring between the singularity and its normalisation. Some applications are given. Thus it is proved that, for Rees valuations associated to a primary ideal on a smooth variety, the Arf characteristic is related to the geometry of the curve given as a complete intersection of hypersurfaces defined by general elements of the ideal.