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Desingularization of function fields

Commutative Algebra 2019-12-19 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

This is a self-contained purely algebraic treatment of desingularization of fields of fractions L:=Q(A)\mathbf{L}:=Q(\mathbf{A}) of dd-dimensional domains of the form A:=Fˉ[x]/b(x)\mathbf{A}:=\bar{\mathbf{F}}[\underline{x}]/\langle b(\underline{x})\rangle with a purely algebraic objective of uniquely describing dd-dimensional valuations in terms of dd explicit (independent) local parameters and 11 (dependent) local unit, for arbitrary dimension dd and arbitrary characteristic pp. The desingularization will be given as a rooted tree with nodes labelled by domains Ak\mathbf{A}_k (all with field of fractions Q(Ak)=LQ(\mathbf{A}_k)=\mathbf{L}), sets EQkEQ_k and INEQkINEQ_k of equality constraints and inequality constraints, and birational change-of-variables maps on L\mathbf{L}. The approach is based on d-dimensional discrete valuations and local monomial orderings to emphasize formal Laurent series expansions in dd independent variables. It is non-standard in its notation and perspective.

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@article{arxiv.1912.08663,
  title  = {Desingularization of function fields},
  author = {Douglas A. Leonard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.08663},
  year   = {2019}
}

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includes a beta version of a Macaulay2 package FunctionFieldDesingularization after the end of document command