Teissier's conjecture on Arnold exponents and polar invariants

Let XX be a smooth complex nn-dimensional algebraic variety, let fOX(X)f\in\operatorname{\mathcal O}_X(X) be nonzero, and let PXP\in X be a point in the zero-locus of ff such that ff has an isolated singularity at PP. If H1,,Hn1H_1,\ldots,H_{n-1} are hypersurfaces in XX passing through PP, such that each Λi:=H1Hi\Lambda_i:=H_1\cap\ldots\cap H_i is smooth at PP of dimension nin-i, and such that fi:=fΛif_i:=f\vert_{\Lambda_i} has an isolated singularity at PP, then Teissier's conjecture.

σP(f)11+θP(f)+11+θP(f1)++11+θP(fn1).\sigma_P(f)\geq\frac{1}{1+\theta_P(f)}+\frac{1}{1+\theta_P(f_1)}+\ldots+\frac{1}{1+\theta_P(f_{n-1})}.

Here θP(f)\theta_P(f) is Teissier's invariant and σP(f)\sigma_P(f) is the Arnold exponent of ff at PP. The paper proves this conjecture in the case of log canonical thresholds, providing the stated lower bound through successive smooth hyperplane sections.

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Eva Elduque and Mircea Mustata, “On a conjecture of Teissier: the case of log canonical thresholds”, arXiv:2005.03803 (2021).

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