Ultrametric Spaces of Branches on Arborescent Singularities

Evelia R. García Barroso (), Pedro D. González Pérez () and Patrick Popescu-Pampu ()
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Evelia R. García Barroso: Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Matemáticas, Estadística e I.O. Sección de Matemáticas
Pedro D. González Pérez: Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM)
Patrick Popescu-Pampu: Université de Lille, Département de Mathématiques

A chapter in Singularities, Algebraic Geometry, Commutative Algebra, and Related Topics, 2018, pp 55-106 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Let S be a normal complex analytic surface singularity. We say that S is arborescent if the dual graph of any good resolution of it is a tree. Whenever A, B are distinct branches on S, we denote by A ⋅ B their intersection number in the sense of Mumford. If L is a fixed branch, we define U L(A, B) = (L ⋅ A)(L ⋅ B)(A ⋅ B)−1 when A ≠ B and U L(A, A) = 0 otherwise. We generalize a theorem of Płoski concerning smooth germs of surfaces, by proving that whenever S is arborescent, then U L is an ultrametric on the set of branches of S different from L. We compute the maximum of U L, which gives an analog of a theorem of Teissier. We show that U L encodes topological information about the structure of the embedded resolutions of any finite set of branches. This generalizes a theorem of Favre and Jonsson concerning the case when both S and L are smooth. We generalize also from smooth germs to arbitrary arborescent ones their valuative interpretation of the dual trees of the resolutions of S. Our proofs are based in an essential way on a determinantal identity of Eisenbud and Neumann.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96827-8_3

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