Number of singularities of a foliation on ${\mathbb P}^n$
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Abstract:
Let $\mathcal {D}$ be a one dimensional foliation on a projective space, that is, an invertible subsheaf of the sheaf of sections of the tangent bundle. If the singularities of $\mathcal {D}$ are isolated, Baum-Bott formula states how many singularities, counted with multiplicity, appear. The isolated condition is removed here. Let $m$ be the dimension of the singular locus of $\mathcal {D}$. We give an upper bound of the number of singularities of dimension $m$, counted with multiplicity and degree, that $\mathcal {D}$ may have, in terms of the degree of the foliation. We give some examples where this bound is reached. We then generalize this result for a higher dimensional foliation on an arbitrary smooth and projective variety.References
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Additional Information
- Fernando Sancho de Salas
- Affiliation: Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced 1-4, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
- Email: fsancho@gugu.usal.es
- Received by editor(s): May 13, 2000
- Published electronically: June 6, 2001
- Additional Notes: The author was supported in part by the Spanish DGES through the research project PB96-1305 and by the ‘Junta de Castilla y León’ through the research project SA27/98.
- Communicated by: Michael Handel
- © Copyright 2001 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 130 (2002), 69-72
- MSC (2000): Primary 32S65, 14M12
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-01-06149-4
- MathSciNet review: 1855621