The generic smoothness and Euler-number conjecture for the McKay polyhedra

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Let CζC_\zeta be the polyhedra associated with the parameter ζ\zeta, let nn denote the ambient dimension, and let Sk\mathcal{S}^k be the configurations of codimension kk whose associated tangent cones are singular. Let Sspan0\mathcal{S}_{\operatorname{span}}^0 denote the configurations of codimension zero occurring for generic parameters, and let Tζ0/ ⁣ ⁣\mathcal{T}_\zeta^0/\!\!\sim denote the corresponding equivalence classes of zero-dimensional trees. Generic smoothness and Euler-number conjecture. The polyhedra CζC_\zeta are nonsingular in codimension n1n-1, equivalently S1=\mathcal{S}^1=\varnothing. If ΓSU(3)\Gamma\subset\operatorname{SU}(3), then CζC_\zeta is nonsingular for generic values of ζ\zeta, equivalently Sspan0=\mathcal{S}_{\operatorname{span}}^0=\varnothing. Furthermore, for generic ζ\zeta its Euler number is the order of Γ\Gamma:

Tζ0/ ⁣ ⁣=Γ.\sharp\,\mathcal{T}_\zeta^0/\!\!\sim=\sharp\,\Gamma.

These assertions record the expected smoothness properties of the slices and the count of their zero-dimensional strata; the source gives no evidence that they have been proved or disproved.

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Alexander V Sardo-Infirri, “Resolutions of Orbifold Singularities and Flows on the McKay Quiver”, arXiv:alg-geom/9610005 (1996).

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