Equality of the jet Tjurina index and nilpotency index

Let kk be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 00, let fk[[x1,...,xn]]f\in k[[x_{1},...,x_{n}]] define an isolated singularity at 00, and let J(f)J(f) be the Jacobian ideal of ff. Let jτ(f)j_{\tau}(f) denote the jet Tjurina index, and let N(f,J(f))N(f,J(f)) be the corresponding nilpotency index, so that the notation refers to the index introduced immediately before the conjecture. Jet Tjurina index conjecture.

jτ(f)+1=N(f,J(f)).j_{\tau}(f)+1=N(f,J(f)).

The paper notes the general inequality jτ(f)+1N(f,J(f))j_{\tau}(f)+1\geq N(f,J(f)) and reports that extensive calculations found no counterexample to equality. The conjecture is presented without a proof.

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Yifan Chen and Huaiqing Zuo, “On jet closures of singularities”, arXiv:2507.05796 (2025).

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