The Jacobian-colon-integral-closure conjecture for isolated hypersurface singularities

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Let KK be a field of arbitrary characteristic and let

R=K[[x1,,xn]].R=K[[x_1,\dots,x_n]].

Let fRf\in R define an isolated hypersurface singularity, let j(f)j(f) be its Jacobian ideal, and write j(f):fj(f):f for the ideal quotient and j(f)\overline{j(f)} for the integral closure of j(f)j(f). Assume that fj(f)f\in\overline{j(f)}. Jacobian-colon-integral-closure conjecture.

j(f):fj(f).j(f):f\nsubseteq\overline{j(f)}.

The authors motivate this by noting that they have found no examples indicating the opposite inclusion; the conjecture would imply a sharper bound for the quotient of Milnor number by Tjurina number when n3n\geq3.

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Hongrui Ma and Huaiqing Zuo, “The Quotient of Milnor Number by Tjurina Number of Hypersurface Singularities in Arbitrary Characteristic”, arXiv:2604.17757 (2026).

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