Vanishing Abelian integrals for balanced and unbalanced cycles

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Let F(x,y)=y2+f(x)F(x,y)=y^2+f(x) with f∈C[x]f\in\mathbb{C}[x], let κ∈C[x]\kappa\in\mathbb{C}[x], and let g(x)g(x) be the function associated to κ\kappa as in the source. Let γ(t)\gamma(t) be a cycle of FF; its associated zero-cycle is ϕ(γ(t))\phi(\gamma(t)), and call it trivial, balanced, unbalanced, or totally unbalanced according to the corresponding zero-cycle. For polynomial decompositions, define

Hk(x,y)=(hk(x),y).H_k(x,y)=(h_k(x),y).

Vanishing-integral conjecture. (i) If γ(t)\gamma(t) is totally unbalanced, then

∫γ(t)κ(x)y dx≡0\int_{\gamma(t)}\kappa(x)y\,dx\equiv 0

if and only if there exist fk,hk∈C[x]f_k,h_k\in\mathbb{C}[x] and functions gkg_k analytic in a neighborhood of infinity such that

f=fk∘hk(k=1,…,s),g=g1∘h1+⋯+gs∘hs,f=f_k\circ h_k\quad (k=1,\ldots,s),\qquad g=g_1\circ h_1+\cdots+g_s\circ h_s,

and every cycle Hk(γ)H_k(\gamma) is trivial. (ii) If γ(t)\gamma(t) is unbalanced, then the vanishing condition stated in the source, namely

, holds if and only if there exist $f_k,h_k\in\mathbb{C}[x]$ and functions $g_k$ analytic in a neighborhood of infinity satisfying the same decomposition conditions, and for every $k$ the projected cycle $H_k(\gamma)$ is either trivial or balanced and

\int_{h_k(\phi(\gamma(t)))}g_k\equiv 0.

These conditions are proposed as an analogue of the cited monodromy theorem, characterizing vanishing Abelian integrals on zero-dimensional cycles through polynomial decompositions and trivial or balanced projected cycles. The parser supplies no resolution evidence; the claim is therefore recorded as open. The source uses undefined references to $g$,

, and the precise indexing of the decompositions, so those details should be checked against the paper.

References

Primary source

Amelia Álvarez Sánchez, José Luis Bravo Trinidad and Pavao Mardesić, “Vanishing Abelian integrals on zero-dimensional cycles”, arXiv:1101.1777 (2011).

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