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

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Assume l≥1l\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 k≤M(l)+lk\leq M(l)+l there exists a polynomial Th⁡η‾,≤kT∈Q[s‾]\operatorname{Th}^T_{\underline{\eta},\leq k}\in\mathbb{Q}[\underline{s}] such that, for every f:M→Nf:M\to N in Cl\mathcal{C}_l,

Th⁡η‾,≤kT(f)=ssm⁡(Ση‾T(f))∣≤k⋅∣Aut⁡(η‾)∣∈H⁡≤k(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 k≤M(l)k\leq M(l) there exists a polynomial Th⁡η‾,≤kS∈Q[[c‾,s‾]]\operatorname{Th}^S_{\underline{\eta},\leq k}\in\mathbb{Q}[[\underline{c},\underline{s}]] such that

Th⁡η‾,≤kS(f)=ssm⁡(Ση‾S(f))∣≤k⋅∣Aut⁡(η‾)∣∈H⁡≤k(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.

References

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

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