Alexander polynomial conjecture for the monodromy of associated surface singularities
Alexander polynomial conjecture for the monodromy of associated surface singularities
Let and be the curves and let and be the polynomial function germs associated with them. Write for the zero locus of and let the monodromy of act on its Milnor fiber. The Alexander polynomial conjecture. If the Alexander polynomials of and are different, then the Jordan form of the monodromy of is different from that of , and therefore the surface germs and have distinct embedded topologies in . This would strengthen the paper's theorem from a -Zariski pair to an ordinary Zariski pair, and is stated without necessarily assuming that the singularities of and are Newton non-degenerate.
Progress summary
Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.
Sources & referencesView supporting material
Primary source
Christophe Eyral, Masaharu Ishikawa, Mutsuo Oka and Öznur Turhan, “New μ-Zariski pairs of surface singularities”, arXiv:2604.03018 (2026).
Solutions 0
Sign in to submit a solution.
No solutions have been posted yet.