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On meromorphic pencils, cusp singularities and holomorphic foliations in the complex plane

Complex Variables 2026-07-20 v1

Abstract

We study polynomial holomorphic 11-forms in C2\mathbb{C}^2 that are homologically trivial along the fibers of meromorphic pencils of the form ϕ=fpgq, \phi = \frac{f^p}{g^q}, where f,gf,g are holomorphic functions (possibly polynomials) in general position and (p,q)=1(p,q)=1. We first establish a homological characterization of relative exactness: if a polynomial 11-form Ω\Omega has vanishing periods along every closed path contained in the fibers ϕc\phi_c, then Ω\Omega decomposes as Ω=aω0+dh,\Omega = a\omega_0 + dh, where ω0=pgdfqfdg,\omega_0 = p gdf - q f dg, for suitable polynomials aa and hh. In the homogeneous case, degree constraints force aa to be constant. We then apply this integration principle to foliations leaving invariant plane curve singularities of cusp type fp+gq=0. f^p + g^q = 0. Under a natural genericity (Morse type) condition, we prove a globalization theorem showing that homological triviality along the associated pencil implies that Ω\Omega is a polynomial cusp basic form, Ω=d(fp+gq)+λ(pgdfqfdg),λC. \Omega = d(f^p + g^q) + \lambda (p gdf - q fdg), \qquad \lambda \in \mathbb{C}. In particular, such foliations admit Liouvillian first integrals of hypergeometric type. Our results provide a bridge between relative cohomology, the geometry of rational pencils, and the analytic structure of cusp foliations, yielding explicit normal forms and first integrals under homological hypotheses.

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@article{arxiv.2607.18526,
  title  = {On meromorphic pencils, cusp singularities and holomorphic foliations in the complex plane},
  author = {Bruno Scardua},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18526},
  year   = {2026}
}