The End Curve Theorem for normal complex surface singularities

Details The End Curve Theorem for normal complex surface singularities The End Curve Theorem for normal complex surface singularities

2008-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/0804.4644v1

J. European Math. Soc. 12 (2010), 471-503

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Algebraic Geometry

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We prove the "End Curve Theorem," which states that a normal surface singularity $(X,o)$ with rational homology sphere link $\Sigma$ is a splice-quotient singularity if and only if it has an end curve function for each leaf of a good resolution tree. An "end-curve function" is an analytic function $(X,o)\to (\C,0)$ whose zero set intersects $\Sigma$ in the knot given by a meridian curve of the exceptional curve corresponding to the given leaf. A "splice-quotient singularity" $(X,o)$ is described by giving an explicit set of equations describing its universal abelian cover as a complete intersection in $\C^t$, where $t$ is the number of leaves in the resolution graph for $(X,o)$, together with an explicit description of the covering transformation group. Among the immediate consequences of the End Curve Theorem are the previously known results: $(X,o)$ is a splice quotient if it is weighted homogeneous (Neumann 1981), or rational or minimally elliptic (Okuma 2005).

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