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Specialization of integral dependence for modules

alg-geom 2008-02-03 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We establish the principle of specialization of integral dependence for submodules of finite colength of free modules, as part of the general algebraic-geometric theory of the Buchsbaum--Rim multiplicity. Then we apply the principle to the study of equisingularity of ICIS germs, obtaining results for such equisingularity conditions as Whitney's Condition A, Thom's Condition A_f, and Henry, Merle and Sabbah's Condition W_f. Notably, we describe these conditions for analytic families in terms of various numerical invariants, which, for the most part, depend only on the members of a family, not on its total space.

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@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9610003,
  title  = {Specialization of integral dependence for modules},
  author = {T. Gaffney and S. Kleiman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9610003},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

42 pages, PLAIN Tex (with switches for AFour, 2-across). Significant improvements have been made in the statements and proofs of many results in Sections 3 to 6