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Diffeomorphisms, Isotopoies, and Braid Monodromy Factorizations of Plane Cuspidal Curves

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We prove that there is an infinite sequence of pairs of plane cuspidal curves Cm,1C_{m,1} and Cm,2C_{m,2}, such that the pairs (CP2,Cm,1)(\Bbb CP^2, C_{m,1}) and (CP2,Cm,2)(\Bbb CP^2, C_{m,2}) are diffeomorphic, but Cm,1C_{m,1} and Cm,2C_{m,2} have non-equivalent braid monodromy factorizations. These curves give rise to the negative solutions of "Dif=Def" and "Dif=Iso" problems for plane irreducible cuspidal curves. In our examples, Cm,1C_{m,1} and Cm,2C_{m,2} are complex conjugated.

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@article{arxiv.math/0104021,
  title  = {Diffeomorphisms, Isotopoies, and Braid Monodromy Factorizations of Plane Cuspidal Curves},
  author = {V. Kharlamov and Vik. S. Kulikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0104021},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Principal changement concerns the calculation of the number of double points and cups