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The Strong Monodromy Conjecture for a class of homogeneous polynomials in three variables

Algebraic Geometry 2026-02-25 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We consider the class of all homogeneous, possibly non-reduced, polynomials ff whose associated reduced projective divisor DredPn1D_{\text{red}} \subset \mathbb{P}^{n-1} has (at worst) quasi-homogeneous isolated singularities. In an arbitrary number of variables nn and with dd denoting the degree of ff, we characterize when n/d-n/d is a root of the Bernstein--Sato polynomial of ff in terms of elementary data involving logarithmic derivations. When we restrict to three variables, we prove the resulting class of polynomials satisfies the Strong Monodromy Conjecture, in the motivic sense.

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@article{arxiv.2602.20922,
  title  = {The Strong Monodromy Conjecture for a class of homogeneous polynomials in three variables},
  author = {Daniel Bath and Willem Veys},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.20922},
  year   = {2026}
}