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The deformation multiplicity of a map germ with respect to a Boardman symbol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2007

C. Bivià-Ausina
Affiliation:
Departament de Geometria i Topologia, Universitat de Valéncia, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 Burjassot, Spain (bivia@uv.es; nuno@uv.es)
J. J. Nuño-Ballesteros
Affiliation:
Departament de Geometria i Topologia, Universitat de Valéncia, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 Burjassot, Spain (bivia@uv.es; nuno@uv.es)
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Abstract

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We define the deformation multiplicity of a map germ f: (Cn, 0) → (Cp, 0) with respect to a Boardman symbol i of codimension less than or equal to n and establish a geometrical interpretation of this number in terms of the set of Σi points that appear in a generic deformation of f. Moreover, this number is equal to the algebraic multiplicity of f with respect to i when the corresponding associated ring is Cohen-Macaulay. Finally, we study how algebraic multiplicity behaves with weighted homogeneous map germs.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2001