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Arc spaces of cA_1 singularities

Algebraic Geometry 2013-06-11 v3

Abstract

Let p be a singular point of a complex hypersurface whose tangent cone is a quadric of rank at least 3. We show that the space of arcs through p is irreducible. Using a method of de Fernex, this shows that the Nash problem has a negative answer for x^2+y^2+z^2+t^5=0. Version 2: Several small corrections.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1207.5036,
  title  = {Arc spaces of cA_1 singularities},
  author = {János Kollár},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.5036},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

The paper is entirely superseded by arXiv:1306.1208

R2 v1 2026-06-21T21:39:15.156Z