On the semicontinuity of the mod 2 spectrum of hypersurface singularities

Borodzik, Maciej; Némethi, András; Ranicki, Andrew

doi:10.1090/S1056-3911-2015-00640-3

Authors: Maciej Borodzik, András Némethi and Andrew Ranicki
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 24 (2015), 379-398
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-2015-00640-3
Published electronically: January 8, 2015
MathSciNet review: 3311588
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Abstract: We use purely topological methods to prove the semicontinuity of the $\mod 2$ spectrum of local isolated hypersurface singularities in $\mathbb {C}^{n+1}$, using Seifert forms of high-dimensional non-spherical links, the Levine–Tristram signatures and the generalized Murasugi–Kawauchi inequality.

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Additional Information

Maciej Borodzik
Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
Email: mcboro@mimuw.edu.pl

András Némethi
Affiliation: A. Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Reáltanoda u. 13-15, 1053 Budapest, Hungary
Email: nemethi.andras@renyi.mta.hu

Andrew Ranicki
Affiliation: School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland, United Kingdom
MR Author ID: 144725
Email: a.ranicki@ed.ac.uk

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Published electronically: January 8, 2015
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