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Remarks on contact structures and vector fields on isolated complete intersection singularities

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Let (X,0)(X,0) be an isolated complete intersection complex singularity (XX can also be smooth at 0). Let KK be its link, X\cal X its canonical contact structure and \DX\D_X the complex vector bundle associated to X\cal X. We prove that the bundle \DX\D_X is trivial if and only if the Milnor number of XX satisfies μ(X,0)(1)n1\mu(X,0) \equiv (-1)^{n-1} modulo (n1)!(n-1)!. This follows from a general theorem stating that the complex orthogonal complement of a vector field in XX with an isolated singularity at 0 is trivial iff the GSV-index of vv is a multiple of (n1)!(n-1)!. We have also an application to foliation theory: a holomorphic foliation F\cal F in a ball \Br\B_r around the origin in \C3\C^3, with an isolated singularity at 0, admits a CC^\infty normal section (away from 0) iff its multiplicity (or local index) is even, and this happens iff its normal bundle in \Br{0}\B_r \setminus \{0\} is topologically trivial.

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@article{arxiv.math/0609448,
  title  = {Remarks on contact structures and vector fields on isolated complete intersection singularities},
  author = {Jose Seade},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609448},
  year   = {2007}
}