The characteristic polynomial of the monodromy

Alan Hetherington Durfee

Vol. 59 (1975), No. 1, 21–26

DOI: 10.2140/pjm.1975.59.21

Abstract

This paper contains miscellaneous results about the monodromy of a singularity of an algebraic curve f(z₀,z₁), particularly its characteristic polynomial, and its relation to branched cyclic covers of the link of the singularity.

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000

Primary: 14H20

Secondary: 14B05, 14H30, 32C40, 57C45

Milestones

Received: 2 December 1974

Published: 1 July 1975