Yau's conjecture on the topology of isolated surface singularities

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Let (Vi,0)(C3,0)(V_i,0)\subset(\mathbb{C}^3,0), for i=1,2i=1,2, be germs of isolated surface singularities. Let K1,K2K_1,K_2 be their links, and let Δ1,Δ2\Delta_1,\Delta_2 be the characteristic polynomials of their monodromies. Yau's conjecture. If K1K_1 is homeomorphic to K2K_2 and Δ1=Δ2\Delta_1=\Delta_2, then V1V_1 and V2V_2 have the same embedded topology: there is a germ of a homeomorphism Ψ:(C3,0)(C3,0)\Psi:(\mathbb{C}^3,0)\to(\mathbb{C}^3,0) such that Ψ(V1)=V2\Psi(V_1)=V_2. The conjecture asks whether abstract topology together with the monodromy characteristic polynomial determines the embedded topology of an isolated surface singularity.

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Enrique Artal Bartolo, “Superisolated singularities and friends”, arXiv:2503.18176 (2025).

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