The degree-bounded SSM-Thom polynomial conjecture for Mather multisingularities

Assume l1l\geq 1. Let η\underline{\eta} be a Mather T- or S-multisingularity, let M(l)M(l) be the Mather bound, and let Cl\mathcal{C}_l be the class of maps under consideration. Write k|_{\leq k} for projection to cohomological degrees at most kk. Degree-bounded SSM-Thom polynomial conjecture. For the target case, for every degree bound kM(l)+lk\leq M(l)+l there exists a polynomial Thη,kTQ[s]\operatorname{Th}^T_{\underline{\eta},\leq k}\in\mathbb{Q}[\underline{s}] such that, for every f:MNf:M\to N in Cl\mathcal{C}_l,

Thη,kT(f)=ssm(ΣηT(f))kAut(η)Hk(N).\operatorname{Th}^T_{\underline{\eta},\leq k}(f)=\operatorname{ssm}(\Sigma^T_{\underline{\eta}}(f))_{|\leq k}\cdot|\operatorname{Aut}(\underline{\eta})|\in\operatorname{H}^{\leq k}(N).

For the source case, for every degree bound kM(l)k\leq M(l) there exists a polynomial Thη,kSQ[[c,s]]\operatorname{Th}^S_{\underline{\eta},\leq k}\in\mathbb{Q}[[\underline{c},\underline{s}]] such that

Thη,kS(f)=ssm(ΣηS(f))kAut(η)Hk(M).\operatorname{Th}^S_{\underline{\eta},\leq k}(f)=\operatorname{ssm}(\Sigma^S_{\underline{\eta}}(f))_{|\leq k}\cdot|\operatorname{Aut}(\underline{\eta})|\in\operatorname{H}^{\leq k}(M).

This is the degree-cut version of the SSM-Thom principle in the Mather nice dimension range. The source reports that it can be verified in many cases, but does not establish it in full generality.

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Jakub Koncki and Richárd Rimányi, “Higher characteristic classes of multisingularity loci”, arXiv:2510.14602 (2025).

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