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Cohen–Macaulay Properties of Thom–Boardman Strata II: the Defining Ideals of Σi, j

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2003

Toshizumi Fukui
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Jerzy Weyman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We consider the Zariski closure of Thom–Boardman strata $\Sigma^{i, j}$ in the jet space for map-germs $(\mathbf{C}^n, 0)\to(\mathbf{C}^p, 0)$. We apply the geometric technique of calculating syzygies to the desingularization of $\Sigma^{i, j}$ constructed by Ronga. We investigate when the normalization of the coordinate ring of $\Sigma^{i, j}$ is rational in the cases $i = n - p + 1$ or $i = j = 1$. We also consider when these coordinate rings are normal with rational singularities.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2003 London Mathematical Society

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Footnotes

This research was done when the second-named author was visiting Saitama University. The authors warmly acknowledge the partial support of a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and an NSF grant.