Dimca's conjecture on the Tjurina number of reducible plane curves

Let C=CJCKC=C_J\cup C_K be a reducible plane curve with the notation used above, where CJC_J and CKC_K are the corresponding subcurves and I(CJ,CK)\textup{I}(C_J,C_K) denotes their intersection number. Write τ(C)\tau(C) for the Tjurina number of CC. Dimca's conjecture. With the previous notation one has

τ(C)τ(CJ)+τ(CK)+2I(CJ,CK)1.\tau(C)\leq\tau(C_J)+\tau(C_K)+2\cdot \textup{I}(C_J,C_K)-1.

This conjecture concerns an upper bound for the Tjurina number of a reducible plane curve in terms of the Tjurina numbers of its subcurves and their intersection number. The source presents it as a conjecture of A. Dimca; its resolution status is not specified here.

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Abramo Hefez and Marcelo Escudeiro Hernandes, “Colengths of fractional ideals and Tjurina number of a reducible plane curve”, arXiv:2409.11153 (2024).

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